Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh Discusses Wanting to Be Lit Properly as a Black Actor | Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton, Queen Charlotte | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Adjoa Andoh is opening up about lighting.

The 61-year-old Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte star addressed enjoying Girl Danbury, and being a Black actress when it comes to how the set is designed to be flattering for her pores and skin tone.

She mentioned the subject on final week’s episode of the podcast Stirring It Up, with hosts Andi and Miquita Oliver.

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“The persevering with dialog about lighting Black pores and skin. On each present, nothing’s modified,” she mentioned.

She went on to say she feels highly effective “in that I’ll now go: ‘Am I blond?,’” including, “However I hate doing it as a result of a little bit of me is like, ‘Oh I don’t need to do it. I don’t need to make a fuss.’”

Nonetheless, she is aware of that if she doesn’t get up for herself, it can impression the work.

“I need to keep in character,” she mentioned. “I simply need to come on and be Girl Danbury and do what she’s received to do and be completely engaged with that.”

“When individuals say we’re chippy or we’re being militant or we’re all that stuff, what I need to say is, ‘I’m only a human being and I simply need to do the present that I’m blessed with. I need to do it in a free method, like I see many different individuals doing,’” she defined.

Adjoa went on to say that she nonetheless faces self-doubt, questioning if she received a job as a result of she’s Black or if she misplaced out on a job for a similar cause.

“I don’t need to give it some thought. I simply need to get the job as a result of I’m nice, or not get the job as a result of I’m s—,” she concluded.

We additionally simply realized that Benedict Bridgerton’s love story would be the focus of season 4 of the hit Netflix collection!