![]() ![]() ![]() I think we create a better society by people expressing themselves. “I believe in democracy and that’s based on engagement. “I value my political engagement and to be able to make a movie that reflects that in my work is exciting,” Enoch said. If I can make work that reflects my concerns as a person, then I’m even more fortunate.Įnoch said it was important for him to be part of a project that felt so “politically significant.” It’s something that he is thinking about more and more as his career moves forward-to work on films, TV shows and stage productions that “have something important to say” and aren’t afraid to say it. It looks at what happens to people as a result…and what happens when we take that to an extreme.” “What’s interesting about the film is that it doesn’t look at the judicial processes. “As time went on and certain things happened politically around the world in Brazil and the states and the U.K., I thought, ‘OK, some of these things do happen and they blindside you,’” Enoch tells Remezcla during a recent interview. He hoped a narrative like this would put a spotlight on the “engrained, institutionalized systemic racism” that is permeating society today. When Enoch read the script for Executive Order, he was intrigued by the concept and wanted to explore the idea of what would happen if something as inconceivable as forced migration took place. This inspires him to start an underground resistance against his country before the executive order is carried out. The authoritarian government responds by enforcing martial law and ordering all its citizens of African descent to relocate to Africa. In his most recent film, Executive Order, Enoch plays a lawyer living in a future, dystopian version of Brazil there, he fights to get reparations for his fellow country men and women who are the descendants of slaves. It’s been 20 years since actor Alfred “Alfie” Enoch first stepped into the hallways of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as Dean Thomas, one of the lesser-known students in the Harry Potter film franchise.Īfter 10 years and seven magical films (he wasn’t in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 1), the English-Brazilian actor, and the only Latino character in the fantasy series, found success in a post-Potter career on TV shows like Troy: Fall of a City and How to Get Away with Murder.
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