“I was the granddaughter of a hog farmer.
Maybe they don’t really know that they can have a job as a professional actress full-time.”įor Wallace, it’s serendipitous that she ended up in Oklahoma!, a show she said is close to her heart. “I thought it was really important to have a presence on social media because there’s other people out there that are like me and maybe come from a small town.
“Everyone gets to see us on stage and they don’t see how the sausage is made,” she said. It is a rare insight into the life of theatre stars who might feel more removed from younger, online audiences.
That accessibility is reflected in Wallace’s Instagram which is full of funny and affirmative videos of her rehearsing, trying on outfits or messing around in the gym. Marisha Wallace with James Davis and Arthur Darvill in rehearsals for Oklahoma! Photograph: Anne Tetzlaff So I want to grant accessibility to everyone.” “As a little black kid, I was never like, ‘I’m gonna go to theatre’, it didn’t feel like it belonged to me. “So why does our theatre and our art not reflect that? I think that’s what’s key to keeping theatre alive. “When we walk outside we don’t see all the same race, gender or body type,” Wallace said. It even inspired show runners from HBO’s Euphoria to include Oklahoma! in their plot. The actor and singer, who has starred in stage hits including Aladdin, Dreamgirls and Hairspray, as well as onscreen in Netflix’s Feel Good, said the new “sexy” Oklahoma! was a reimagination of the show for the 21st century. It was like, ‘Wow, I don’t have to be the random black girl who sings and then leaves and no one ever knows what ever happened to her’.” Wallace, 36, first played Ado Annie in an all-black version of Oklahoma! in the US, the first time she was cast in a lead role. “I know it’s going to inspire a lot of women out there who may feel like their body type or how they look isn’t accepted or worthy of love.” “Ado Annie is the town’s object of love and affection so to have a plus-sized black woman playing her is incredible, I’d never seen it on stage before.
The bodybuilder Kristen Stewart’s character will be protective of (?) has not been cast yet, with THR reporting: “The filmmakers are hoping to cast the lead as authentically as possible, with the search currently underway.” Hopefully by authentic casting, they mean someone who is authentically swole and authentically queer.Īnd so, some of the Autostraddle TV Team spent the first part of our work day brainstorming potential Bicep Bisexuals, Tough Gays, and Fit Queers who could play opposite Kristen Stewart in this bodybuilding romance.“It’s a role I never thought I could play because it’s usually played by very thin white women,” Wallace said. And they should all, like this one, be queer.
Sounds hot!!!!!!!!! Honestly, they had me at “romantic thriller.” Hollywood needs to bring back the erotic/romantic thriller imo. Specifically KStew will play “the protective lover of a female bodybuilder” in the movie, which is being described as the production companies as “a romance fueled by ego, desire and the American dream.” Yes, we’re getting a Kristen Stewart gay bodybuilder movie… Kristen Stewart is set to co-star in Love Lies Bleeding, a bodybuilding romantic thriller (!!!) from Saint Maud director Rose Glass, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Timeįeature image of Cynthia Erivo via Cynthia’s Instagram / of Stephanie Beatriz by Stefanie Keenan via Getty Images for Land Rover / of Javicia Leslie via Javicia’s Instagram.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.