The filmmaker previews her new movie, starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson.
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Ava DuVernaywas frustrated.
The next read, though, proved that popular idiom true: “It really started to sink in.
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the set of ‘Origin’.Credit:Atsushi Nishijima/NEON
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Separately, though, there was the issue of finding a lead character.
“But whoisin the book and who’s very clearly guiding the way is Isabel.”
The decision to cast her was an easy one.
Director Ava DuVernay on the set of ‘Origin’.Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy NEON
That means portions of her performance are lived in silence.
“I felt in the flow of work and life in a way that I had never experienced before.
I have not been happier.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in ‘Origin’.Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy NEON
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