Thandiwe Newton photographed by John Stoddart (January 1995).

Take care what you say. Should I say it softly? So it sounds more like conspiracy?

THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004) dir. David Twohy

BELOVED - 1998

Thandiwe Newton photographed by Derrick Santini, 1994

"Hear me now! This place is cursed! Damned! And, yes, your master is the Devil!"

Interview With The Vampire (1994)

Happy Birthday Thandie Newton 

November 6

I've been racking my brain, so figured I'd ask you: is there a Black woman in a live action Star Wars movie or TV show, shown in a romantic relationship with *anyone*? Anyone? since 1977?

Thandiwe Newton played Val in 2018 solo star wars story. HOWEVER!!! SHE WAS KILLED IN THE SAME GOTDAMN MOVIE.

So like there's one but she dies.

Oh also lizzo in an episode of mandalorian where her character is married to Jack blacks character.

But the backlash was bad for lizzos cameo.

mod ali

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“It was interesting because right when we started our interactions in Season 4, [it was clear] there was so much history there, which was so fun to play with. Us, as actors, we really weren’t sure what that history was—we knew it was seven years [since the Season 3 finale], but we weren’t really sure how things ended with her and I. We knew that we were separated, but how did that happen? It was just so, so beautiful to be able to go toe-to-toe with her and slowly reveal what our history actually was. And it’s a pretty intense one."

- Aaron Paul, PasteMagazine [ x ]

I think the deal with Tom Cruise is that is he a genuinely wonderful and nice but determined person.

Thandie Newton said: He puts too much pressure on himself.

But that is admirable.

It’s the Scientology stuff that turns people off…and, yes, it is weirdo sci-fi stuff.

But, hey, I’m Catholic. I am not really in a position to judge about shady religions. We got so many skeletons in our closet a former Blockbuster store would be welcoming.

I recently watched iwtv and I’m wondering if yvette is featured in the book ? I took to her for some reason and wanted to know if there’s more information about her.

I really enjoyed Yvette, too! No, she's not in the book. BUT, bc Anne Rice wrote the script for the '94 movie, Yvette is somewhat canonized from that ;)

If you want some speculative fiction about Yvette, @wicked-felina and I included her in our coffeeshop AU Signature Blend (which was mentioned by the Daily Dot!), we gave her some more screen time as a baker in San Francisco, and as a dear friend of Louis, delivering her New Orleans-style baked goods to his coffee shop in SF. She’s been in some other fanfic, too, but I couldn't compile all the instances, I don't remember!

^This bridal carry and the change in the story to him burning his house down bc he gave into the temptation of killing someone he appeared to genuinely love?? Chef's kiss. In canon, this is the night Louis has to kill Lestat's father; cutting out that character needed something of impact (but would take less time storytelling-wise) to stitch in as a replacement. In my opinion, this is an example of a change made to canon that gave the story a different flavor that was intellectually stimulating and emotionally stunning... some might say it's an improvement to canon. If not an improvement, I would say it's an intriguing divergence that added a different and thought-provoking alternative direction. And the metaphor of him doing the bridal carry to return her to her community! It's echoed later on with Armand killing the girl on stage at the Theatre des Vampires. Plus, Yvette looked beautiful! In the '94 movie, Louis essentially puts 2 wives in their graves (you could say 3 if you include Madeleine!), no wonder he's Done with everything after he's just killed Yvette.

Also, there’s fanon that Louis and Yvette grew up together, that they were childhood friends, or maybe even raised as siblings. So maybe Anne had a similar idea when she wrote that caring character into the script, and since she (and/or Neil Jordan) removed both of Louis' canon siblings (with whom he had been close) and his mother.

And! Brad Pitt and Thandie Newton (Yvette) were dating during the filming of IWTV, I feel like that added to their on-screen chemistry.

/// thandiwe newton ///

THANDIWE NEWTON photographed by Derrick Santini (2011)

Thandiwe Newton has been cast in Netflix’s WEDNESDAY Season 2

Harper's Bazaar UK: 2006 Covers

March 2006: Cate Blanchett by Norman Jean Roy (relaunch Issue. The magazine was previously called Harper's & Queen). April 2006: Flávia De Oliveira by Satoshi Saikusa May 2006: Liv Tyler by Norman Jean Roy June 2006: Thandie Newton by Ralph Mecke July 2006: Liberty Ross by ? August 2006: Kate Bosworth by Norman Jean Roy September 2006: Erin Wasson by ? October 2006: Beyoncé by Alexei Hay November 2006: Diane Kruger by Ralph Mecke December 2006: Cameron Russell by Satoshi Saikusa