THE X FACTOR

HIS PORTRAYAL OF MALCOLM X IN ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI HAS JUST GARNERED KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR AN EE RISING STAR AWARD NOMINATION AND NOW THE SCRIPTS ARE POURING IN. BUT, AS ANNA BONET LEARNS, THE PATH TO SUCCESS HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN SMOOTH

‘GETTING A CALL TO SAY I HAD A PART WAS A HUGE RELIEF’ Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir has reached a watershed moment in his career, but is yet to come to terms with it. ‘I still haven’t got my head around the idea that anything I say could be thought of as interesting to anyone,’ he declares on our Zoom call. I can’t help but laugh in response. This is coming from the actor who is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought-after Brits; it’s probably time he started getting used to it. In the last 18 months alone, the 35-year-old from north-west London has played two American icons: Malcolm X in Regina King’s Oscar-tipped film One Night In Miami and Barack Obama in the miniseries The Comey Rule. He’s starred opposite…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2021

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