Djimon Hounsou Talks Struggles in Hollywood Following Oscar Noms – The Hollywood Reporter

Djimon Hounsou is opening up about the difficulties he’s faced landing roles post-Oscar nominations.

While Speaking with The Guardian In an interview published online Thursday?, Shazam! Fury You can find the Gods Actor, nominated to an Academy Award 2002 In America And then again in 2006 Blood DiamondHe stated that he “felt seriously cheated.”

“Today, we talk so much about the Oscars being so white, but I remember there was a time where I had no support at all: no support from my own people, no support from the media, from the industry itself,” He admitted it. “It felt like: ‘You should be happy that you’ve got nominated,’ and that’s that.”

Hounsou He made his name in Hollywood When he was offered a job in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film Amistad. But He explained that he began to get frustrated by the small parts being offered. Black actors.

To this day, he said he’s “still struggling to try to make a dollar” In the industry. He continued, “I’ve come up in the business with some people who are absolutely well off and have very little of my accolades. So I feel cheated, tremendously cheated, in terms of finances and in terms of the workload as well.”

Since his OscarThe majority of the roles were in -nominated movies Hounsou Has played small and part in movies such as Guardians You can find the Galaxy, Furious 7, Charlie’s Angels There are a few projects that you can find here. Marvel Cinematic Universe DC Universe.

“I’ve gone to studios for meetings and they’re like: ‘Wow, we felt like you just got off the boat and then went back [after Amistad]. We didn’t know you were here as a true actor,’” He said. “When you hear things like that, you can see that some people’s vision of you, or what you represent, is very limiting. But it is what it is. It’s up to me to redeem that.”