For Negga, 35, the part struck a chord that resonated deeply.
After casting Ruth and [later Joel Edgerton], we went out looking for financing, Nichols says.
And when anyone would ask, Whos Ruth Negga?
Credit: Matthias Clamer for EW
People wont be asking who she is anymore.
So these conversations about inequality are crucial.
Negga recognizes her own complacency.
And I just went, oh well, thats strange.
And now I think, why wasnt there this sort of energy, this anger?
I think, well thats the power, just things being not talked about.
It just wasnt talked about.
So I think any sort of peaceful agitation is welcome.
