She’s really into using animals as examples. It was obviously intense but also kind of hilarious. The scene has to make really clear the distinctions between what starts as consensual and what becomes very clearly an assault. What was it like to film Kwame’s assault? I know you all worked with an intimacy coordinator, Ita O’Brien, who also worked on Normal People. So when an act happens to him which really takes that away from him, his recovery - or at least the first steps of his recovery - is about trying to reclaim that, often at the detriment of actually looking himself in the face. When he meets the date, he’s like, “This is what we’re gonna do, this is where you’re gonna meet me, I’m gonna make you feel this way.” That’s part of who he is. We have to remember the construct of his identity, and his particular masculinity as a Black man, is to set the agenda with his confidence. He’s such a three-dimensional, real, authentic character, which is a real treat for an actor. But the main thing that attracted me to Kwame was the sheer vividness of his humanity. I spoke to people I knew that had similar experiences to what he goes through. Michaela has talked about how her personal experience inspired Arabella’s assault on the show. It’s no wonder that certain structures are not made to support such things. We’re not used to reading about it in any of the media that we consume. It’s mad that what we’re seeing in this show doesn’t fit the mainstream portrayal of that situation. He goes to the police wanting to be affirmed, but then is just belittled in a lot of ways that express the way gay Black men’s cases are just not taken seriously. There’s a moment where they say, “If everyone did this, then there wouldn’t be any of these guys on street.” But the reality is that he is painfully underserved. He feels like that might be something that’s useful for him as well. There’s something about seeing Arabella in front of the police and how they’ve dealt with it and what it seems to have unlocked for her. He’s trying to figure out what’s happened to him, and what his response should be, and even trying to put a name to the act. Because in the first four episodes, you see a version of him that’s actually very grounded and centered and assured. From the moment of what happens to him in episode four, he’s knocked off his center point. What was it like to play that realization? In the fifth episode, Kwame comes to terms with the fact that he was assaulted. How’s your lockdown life in London going?įucking mad! Mad in good ways, mad in terrible ways, but consistently fucking insane and unbelievable and a lot. Vulture caught up with the English actor over the phone to hear about how he approached playing (and recovering from) Kwame’s trauma and how his long friendship with Coel goes all the way back to drama school - though he promises that “there’s no nepotism in your favor from being friends with Michaela Coel!” “The reality is that he is painfully underserved,” Essiedu says. Kwame doesn’t fully process his experience as assault until the fifth episode, Monday night’s “… It Just Came Up”, but where Arabella was taken seriously by police, he is met with a stunningly indifferent skepticism. But in the HBO show’s fourth episode, after Kwame heads off on a hookup with a man he’s met after teaching an exercise class, he suddenly has to process trauma of his own: They meet at the apartment of a third man, who ends up holding Kwame down and raping him. He’s there for Arabella ( Michaela Coel), alongside her other close friend, Terry ( Weruche Opia), as she starts to process her traumatic drugging and rape. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Imagesįor the first few episodes of I May Destroy, Paapa Essiedu’s Kwame acts the part of a confident and supportive best friend. Spartak Moscow’s Otkritie Arena, another piece of content axed during that March cull, is also being left out once again.Photo: David M. (However, legends such as Lev Yashin and Aleksandr Mostovoi are still available in packs.)Īt this point, the plan is for FIFA 23 to have no Russian clubs or national side. The Russian national side also disappeared, as did kits and players from Russian clubs in Ultimate Team. In March, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow and Spartak Moscow were all removed from FIFA 22 (opens in new tab). This area of the game is again affected by ongoing Russian-Ukrainian relations. She's the first ever woman to appear as a global cover star, and gets the box to herself in Australia and New Zealand. Joining Mbappe on the Ultimate Team edition box is Chelsea and Australia forward Sam Kerr. Kylian Mbappe returns as FIFA 23 cover athlete, marking his third consecutive year on the box. This year two players share cover honors, and a little history is made in the process.
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