Интервью с Софи Оконедо в The Guardian.
Sophie Okonedo interview: 'I have to go across the Atlantic to get work'
However, later this year Okonedo will start filming a UK TV part that may prove as symbolically significant for really broad casting in broadcasting as Lester's Henry V did in theatre. "I'm doing something next which will really challenge conventional ideas. Some people will be thrilled, others less so."
It is an open secret at the BBC and on the internet that the role is Queen Margaret – a white Frenchwoman – in an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI and Richard III plays for the series The Hollow Crown. Although the project has been widely reported, Okonedo regretfully confides that the producers have ordered her not to talk about it in this interview – she rang up to ask permission, which suggests that she is both a rule keeper and team player – as it has not been officially announced. "I was told I'm not allowed to say anything. Why, I don't know."
А если учесть, что Бенедикт пригласил Даму Джуди Дэнч на эту роль, и она согласилась и все уже сообщили об этом, то становится всё интереснее.