The underground railroad here is not the historical “railroad,” which was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering assistance to slaves escaping from the South.
US-based actress Thuso Mbedu has gushed about her colleagues on The Underground Railroad. Image: Instagram/Thuso Mbedu
SA born Hollywood actress Thuso Mbedu has praised fellow co-star and child star Chase W. Dillon on the hit series
The Underground Railroad.
Thuso has been living the dream these past couple of weeks after the release of her debut US TV series. She has also been taking to Instagram to gush about her experiences of working on an American production alongside some of Hollywood s finest.
Recently, the star opened up about working with child star Chase, who plays Homer, a young boy who is part of slave catcher Arnold Ridgeway s gang.
The Underground Railroad (2021)
The Underground Railroad, 2021, still from a TV show on Amazon Prime. Cora (Thuso Mbedu).
CALL ME A KNEE-JERK PESSIMIST, but I can’t help but feel that America’s about as ready to embrace an emotionally and intellectually challenging art movie in ten parts as it is to come to a full reckoning with slavery and its stubborn, protracted legacy which is to say, I don’t think it’s ready for Barry Jenkins’s
The Underground Railroad.
As I’m writing this, Jenkins’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s cunning and stormy antebellum picaresque is only beginning to stream its way through Amazon Prime. In the first couple days, I’ve sensed initial confusion from some in the viewing public who may not have read Whitehead’s award-winning novel and were likely expecting a newer, shinier