Fandoms & Characters of Colour: • Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022) RPF - Jacob Anderson, a British actor from Bristol, England with Afro-Caribbean roots (his parent). Description:Interview with the Vampire is an adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, currently airing on AMC. The cast and crew is notably very committed to the project, and incredibly close to each other. Remember how close the LotR cast was? Yeah. Like that. Jacob is especially close to his co-star, Sam Reid, as they pretty much live in each other's pockets. Of note is that this particular adaptation is fully committed to diversifying the original story (to excellent effect), and Jacob is playing a Black Creole version of an originally white character.
• Killjoys (TV) - Dutch|Yalena Yardeen, played by British actor Hannah John-Kamen, who is from Yorkshire, England and has Nigerian roots (her parent). Description:Killjoys is a 2015 Canadian scifi drama television series that aired for 5 seasons. It's about three bounty hunters -- Dutch, Johnny Jaqobis, and D'avin Jaqobis -- who work for a neutral law enforcement organization (and I use "law" loosely, here) which executes warrants within a four-planet system. Things escalate, as they usually do, dark secrets are revealed, and Dutch and her team end up at the forefront of a worlds-ending conflict. While much of the show is dystopian in tone, real-world oppressions, such as racism, are not a part of the narrative (although class oppression is a huge thing). Alongside Dutch, I've requested Johnny Jaqobis; and Khlyen, Dutch's erstwhile mentor and sometime adversary.
• Constantine (TV) - Manny, played by black American actor, Harold Perrineau. Description:Constantine is the short-lived 2014 television adaptation of DC's Hellblazer comics, airing for one season. It's about the blue collar British warlock/exorcist/occult detective John Constantine as he stands against supernatural forces. Manny is a mysterious angel who spends most of the season "helping" or guiding John in his work, although John isn't particularly pleased with Manny's presence. While secrets are revealed at the end of the season, due to the cancellation of the show, we never really find out much about Manny, including who he is (and if there is an analogous character in the comics) and what his motivations truly are (although the show does end with one hell of a cliffhanger).
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Fandoms & Characters of Colour:
• Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022) RPF - Jacob Anderson, a British actor from Bristol, England with Afro-Caribbean roots (his parent).
Description: Interview with the Vampire is an adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, currently airing on AMC. The cast and crew is notably very committed to the project, and incredibly close to each other. Remember how close the LotR cast was? Yeah. Like that. Jacob is especially close to his co-star, Sam Reid, as they pretty much live in each other's pockets. Of note is that this particular adaptation is fully committed to diversifying the original story (to excellent effect), and Jacob is playing a Black Creole version of an originally white character.
• Killjoys (TV) - Dutch|Yalena Yardeen, played by British actor Hannah John-Kamen, who is from Yorkshire, England and has Nigerian roots (her parent).
Description: Killjoys is a 2015 Canadian scifi drama television series that aired for 5 seasons. It's about three bounty hunters -- Dutch, Johnny Jaqobis, and D'avin Jaqobis -- who work for a neutral law enforcement organization (and I use "law" loosely, here) which executes warrants within a four-planet system. Things escalate, as they usually do, dark secrets are revealed, and Dutch and her team end up at the forefront of a worlds-ending conflict. While much of the show is dystopian in tone, real-world oppressions, such as racism, are not a part of the narrative (although class oppression is a huge thing). Alongside Dutch, I've requested Johnny Jaqobis; and Khlyen, Dutch's erstwhile mentor and sometime adversary.
• Constantine (TV) - Manny, played by black American actor, Harold Perrineau.
Description: Constantine is the short-lived 2014 television adaptation of DC's Hellblazer comics, airing for one season. It's about the blue collar British warlock/exorcist/occult detective John Constantine as he stands against supernatural forces. Manny is a mysterious angel who spends most of the season "helping" or guiding John in his work, although John isn't particularly pleased with Manny's presence. While secrets are revealed at the end of the season, due to the cancellation of the show, we never really find out much about Manny, including who he is (and if there is an analogous character in the comics) and what his motivations truly are (although the show does end with one hell of a cliffhanger).