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A14 PEOPLE & ARTS
Wednesday 28 december 2022
Jessica Henwick talks making it, diversity and Nicolas Cage

By KRYSTA FAURIA towards people of privi-
Associated Press lege,” she said. “I know
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just that we have some of the
before Jessica Henwick best teachers in the world,
was cast in “Game of so I fully support how much
Thrones” and “Star Wars: schools charge, but it does
The Force Awakens,” the mean that people from
then-aspiring actor had al- lower income families can’t
ready left Los Angeles for afford to go.”
her hometown in England. Henwick, whose mother is
“I ran out of money, so I Singaporean Chinese, was
went back and moved also mindful of the limited
back in with my parents,” opportunities for people of
she recalled. color in England, which she
Although she hadn’t quite said was one of the factors
given up on acting, Hen- that prompted her initial
wick was struggling to find move to Los Angeles.
jobs in front of the camera. “England’s main export,
Before leaving LA, she did in terms of entertainment,
work as a crew member is period dramas. We do
on sets an experience she it better than anyone else
drew from for her role in in the world. Shakespeare,
Rian Johnson’s “Glass On- Austen. Even at the time,
ion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the biggest show was
which debuts Friday on Actor Jessica Henwick poses for a portrait to promote the film “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” ‘Downton Abbey,’” she re-
on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Los Angeles.
Netflix. In the whodunit film Associated Press called. “I used to want to
boasting a star-studded en- be in one of those so bad.
semble cast, Henwick plays Although her performance ence with Reeves, Hen- of acting school after be- The costumes, the lan-
Peg, the assistant and han- as Bugs in “The Matrix Res- wick lamented the ways in ing cast as the lead in the guage. It’s poetry.”
dler to model and sweat- urrections” garnered criti- which the Hollywood land- BBC series “Spirit Warriors” When asked how to ad-
pants line founder Birdie cal praise, she still considers scape has shifted. in 2009. dress that lack of repre-
(Kate Hudson). But her ex- herself a “jobbing actor.” “He’s from an era where it “Maybe I got too big for sentation, Henwick praised
perience as a crew mem- “I’m not just getting things meant something to be a my boots. I don’t know. I “Bridgerton” executive pro-
ber was more than just a handed to me,” she said, star or an A-lister,” she said. just think that I realized you ducer Shonda Rhimes for
source of inspiration for her though she admits working “There are so many actors don’t have to do that,” she her ability to bring diversity
character it was “hugely with Keanu Reeves felt like nowadays. I don’t know said when asked why she to the genre.
educational” for her as an a turning point in her ca- if it’s just diluted or maybe quit. “If I had continued go- Henwick is looking forward
actor, Henwick said. reer as well as a personal we’re overexposed with so- ing to that school, I would to a more rooted and rest-
“To be on a set and listen triumph. cial media.” have been in debt.” ful 2023 after years of trav-
to how the director com- “I mean, what an icon. Henwick had always known She said she struggles with eling and big projects. But
municated with the cast They just don’t make ‘em the chances of her making the issue of equity in acting she said, if she has her pick
and with the crew and how like that anymore. It’s kind it in Hollywood were slim, given the high cost of train- in the future, she hopes to
it worked, it was hugely in- of sad,” she said. which she says informed ing in England. work with Nicolas Cage
sightful,” she said. Reflecting on her experi- her decision to drop out “It’s definitely predisposed one day. q

Editions of Jan. 6 report already on Amazon best seller list

NEW YORK (AP) — It took 6 report to go from public list on Amazon.com. Times. bestselling editions will be
less than a day for the Jan. unveiling to the bestseller By late Friday, three edi- The 814-page document, out within the next two
tions of the Congressional released late Thursday, is weeks, along with books
probe of the 2021 siege of not copyrighted, can be from Random House and
the U.S. Capitol by support- published by anyone and is Melville House Books.
ers of then-President Don- otherwise available for free The Jan. 6 report culmi-
ald Trump were in the top on various government and nates an 18-month inves-
30 on Amazon. The editions media web sites. Previous tigation, which included
include one with a fore- government publications, more than 1,000 witness
word by MSNBC anchor from the Sept. 11 commis- interviews and more than
Ari Melber, published by sion report to Robert Muel- a million pages of source
Harper Paperbacks; A Ce- ler’s probe into Trump’s ties material. The committee of
ladon Books release with to Russian officials when he seven Democrats and two
a foreword by New Yorker ran for president in 2016, Republicans blamed the in-
editor David Remnick and have been bestsellers. The surrection on Trump, finding
an epilogue by Rep. Jamie Sept. 11 report was even a “multi-part conspiracy”
Raskin, a Maryland Demo- a finalist in 2004 for the Na- orchestrated by the presi-
crat and member of the tional Book Award. dent and his closest allies in
A video of former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen, House Select Committee; As with other government an effort to overturn his loss
as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack and a volume by the Ha- releases, publishers have to Democrat Joe Biden.
on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in chette Book Group imprint rushed to get their books Trump, a Republican, has
Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Twelve, published in coor- out quickly to capitalize already announced his
Associated Press dination with The New York on public interest. All three candidacy for 2024.q