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Meaning
The speaker is saying that an early major role involved portraying an enslaved person, and that this fits a familiar pattern for people of color in the industry. The quote reads as a critique of how casting has often limited nonwhite performers to stereotyped roles.
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Originally said in English.
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About Rege-Jean Page
British-Zimbabwean actor
Regé-Jean Page is a British-Zimbabwean actor best known for his role in the first season of Netflix’s period drama Bridgerton in 2020. He has 99 quotes on the site. He also appeared in Waterloo Road on BBC One in 2015, Roots on History in 2016, and For the People on ABC from 2018 to 2019. More recently, he has had roles in the films The Gray Man, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Black Bag, showing a career that moves between television and film.
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