David Oyelowo
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This is really happening.
Don't say anything stupid.
And you were saying that out loud.
But as you say, that's what you want.
Look, I think at its height, storytelling, and this is what I tried to do with Newborn, that was an incredibly uncomfortable role to play.
My dad passed away on the first day of filming.
Um, he was dealing with colon cancer and, you know, I, I, I had considered not taking the role.
I said to him, look, daddy, I, I, I, I just can't leave you.
We were, we were shooting in Canada.
Uh, and he was no, no, you must go.
This is what you're here.
This is what you're on this earth to do.
And this is from my dad who originally was so against it.
Against what I wanted to do as a vocation, as a profession.
That was his last gesture.
It's the only reason I, I went and I, and I did it, but I, I watch newborn now and I can see, I can see I'm, I'm now removed from it because I've gone through my, or I'm in the middle of my process of healing from the loss of my dad, but I can see the price, you know, I still carry guilt about