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  • Halle Berry, Netflix sign multi-film deal

    By Express News Service

    Halle Berry, who recently made her directorial debut with the Netflix film Bruised, has signed a multi-picture deal with the streaming giant.

    “My directorial debut, Bruised, was a labour of love and I knew that Scott and Ted would treat it with great care,” Berry said of Netflix film head Scott Stuber and co-CEO Ted Sarandos. She wrote, “The Netflix team has not only been collaborative and creative, but extremely passionate and a delight to work with. I am beyond grateful for the partnership and look forward to telling more stories together.”

    In the project, Berry plays an MMA fighter who reclaims her power in both the ring and in her life. Talking about their collaboration, Stuber said, “We’re thrilled to be in her corner as she delivers power in front of and behind the camera in Bruised and look forward to telling more stories together.”

    Apart from Bruised, Berry is set to produce and star in two Netflix originals, including Matt Chaman’s sci-fi project, The Mothership.

  • Halle Berry was terrified about directing debut ‘Bruised’

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: ‘Bruised’ filmmaker and actress Halle Berry was “scared” as she stepped behind the camera for the first time as director.

    The 55-year-old actress is at the helm of the upcoming Netflix movie, in which she also stars as mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Jackie Jackie Justice, who is chasing one last comeback, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

    Berry told the Daily Express newspaper: “As an actor I always show up and do my part, and I can only do what I can do. Being the director, I have a part in the totality of every department. I get to have a voice. That was different, and I really loved that.

    “(I was scared s***less). Any director will tell you that they’re scared, going in. Fear and worry are healthy — it means you want to do your best.”

    The actress, who suffered two broken ribs during the filming, wasn’t actually initially set to either act in or direct the movie.

    Actress Blake Lively originally got offered the role, but dropped out six months later and Berry told producers: “I can’t let it go. I’ve been thinking of how I can reimagine it for someone like me, a black woman in middle age — not starting life — who’s looking for a last chance.”

    Studio officials agreed, but there was another big decision to be made as she helped them in a fruitless search for directors with none sharing her vision.

    She told producers: “This is going to sound really crazy, because it’s crazy for me to even think it, but I think I should direct this.”

    They agreed, and while she wants to direct again, Berry is glad she’s finally seeing roles available for older actresses.

    Berry added: “It used to be when you were 40 your career was done. Or you had to wait until you were old enough to play a grandma. I couldn’t think that I’d be playing an MMA fighter at 55, yet I did, so it’s got to be changing. I’m proof of that.”

  • Release date of Halle Berry’s directorial debut ‘Bruised’ out 

    By Express News Service

    Bruised, which marks the directorial debut of Oscar-winning actor Halle Berry, is headed to Netflix. The film is a sports drama set in the world of Mixed Martial Arts and also stars Berry as a fighter who has to face a rising star in the field, while also dealing with the return of her six-year-old son. The film will hit the streaming platform on November 24.

    An elated Berry took to Twitter to announce the release date. “After 3 years in the making, I am thrilled to finally announce Bruised is coming to Netflix globally on November 24,” she wrote while sharing a working still from the film’s set. She added, “This project is so special to me, not only because it’s my directorial debut, but because the fight game, especially MMA, is a sport that I absolutely love and a genre that has always been winning. Everyone loves to root for the underdog, as we’ve all been there. Thank you UFC and Invicta FC for all of your support.”

    In addition to Berry, the cast also includes Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto, Sheila Atim, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Valentina Shevchenko. Berry was last seen in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and she has Moonfall and the sci-fi film, The Mothership in her upcoming slate of releases. 

  • Heartbreaking to be only woman of colour to win Oscar for Best Actress in 20 years: Halle Berry

    By IANS
    LOS ANGELES: Actress Halle Berry says it is very heartbreaking that she remains the only woman of colour to win an Oscar for Best Leading Actress in 20 years.

    She won the award in 2002 for her performance in “Monster’s Ball”. At that time, it was hailed as a defining moment for Hollywood. Now, she is a possible contender for this year’s Academy Awards for “Bruised”, which she has directed as well.

    “The heartbreak I have is because I really thought that night meant that very soon after that, other women of colour, black women, would stand beside me. Now it’s been 20 years and no one has, and so every time Oscar time comes around, I get very reflective and I think, ‘Well maybe this year, maybe this year’. It has become heartbreaking that no one else has stood there,” mirror.co.uk quoted Berry as saying.

    “Arguably there could have been other women who deserve to have been there that haven’t been there and I would have hoped that in 20 years, there would have been others that would be beside me,” she added.

    The actress continued: “That moment mattered because so many people have come up to me over the years and told me how that moment shifted their thinking about what they could achieve, what they aspire to do or what they believed they could do a” that they were touched by that moment. That is the value that I know is real.”

    Berry, a Bond girl in the 2002 movie “Die Another Day”, is the only black actress to win the top award, despite 12 others being nominated. Eight black stars have won Best Supporting Actress over the years.