The actor brings his authentic self to his new film, 'Sing Sing.' Including his love for water ice.
The actor brings his authentic self to his new film, 'Sing Sing.' Including his love for water ice., West Philly native Colman Domingo’s character, Divine G, is not a Philadelphian, but the actor gets to deliver a monologue about his fondness for the most Philadelphia of all treats: water ice.“I wanted to find the Divine G — that part of me that lives in Divine G, as well as the Divine G that lives in me,” Domingo said to The Inquirer.
Kwedar and his cowriter, Clint Bentley, had been discussing the idea of a movie about Rehabilitation Through the Arts for six or seven years but had struggled to find the right story for it. Eventually, they approached thestar. At that point, the project had no script, so Kwedar and Bentley sent Domingo an Esquire article about the program.
“We looked at the themes of brotherhood, of smashing tropes about Black and brown men as well, and we really wanted to create a film about our humanity — not a prison film, but a film about the possibility of what we can be, if love is afforded to us, or care, or grace, is extended,” the actor said. “I always say people in Philly are ‘what you see is what you get,’” he said. “I come from a very blue-collar neighborhood, and people are very salt of the earth … I think it sort of grounded me in a sense of who I am. I think Philly we pride ourselves on being underdogs, and I know that’s sort of where I pull from. ‘Oh, you don’t think I can do it? You just wait, you just watch. Because I believe in myself.
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