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Exclusive Interview – Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Motherless Brooklyn, subverting neo-noir archetypes, and more

December 5, 2019 by Alex Moreland

Alex Moreland talks to Gugu Mbatha-Raw about Motherless Brooklyn, whether she’d ever like to step behind the camera, and more…

Motherless Brooklyn weaves together a sprawling story of race, power and corruption, a contemplative neo-noir that brings together an all-star cast for a compelling murder-mystery. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Laura Rose, a canny community advocate who inadvertently finds herself at the heart of a far more sinister plot than she could ever have imagined.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw recently sat down with Alex Moreland to discuss the complexities and challenges of a carving out a space for a character beyond the clichés…

Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette’s Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna.

Motherless Brooklyn is in cinemas from December 6th.

Alex Moreland is a freelance writer and television critic; you can follow him on Twitter here, or check out his website here.

Filed Under: Alex Moreland, Exclusives, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Motherless Brooklyn

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