Again in 2014, Domingo – who has snagged a Golden Globe nomination for his lead efficiency in Netflix’s Rustin – had loved nice success on stage however was struggling to get his display profession off the bottom.
Caught auditioning for ‘under-fives’, roles which have fewer than 5 strains of dialogue, the 54-year-old actor recalled {that a} failed audition for main historic drama Boardwalk Empire nearly ended his drive to proceed within the trade.
Domingo was up for the position of the maître d’ at a Black-owned nightclub and wore a tuxedo to the audition, the place he additionally impressed producers – who reportedly ‘liked’ his try-out – together with his Tony-nominated singing and dancing.
‘That is the one which’s going to vary it up for me,’ Domingo thought on the time. ‘That is the one which’s going to lastly be my massive break.’
Nonetheless, ‘there was only one drawback, his agent stated’, as per The New York Occasions.
He has appeared in main movies lately, together with 2018’s If Beale Avenue May Discuss reverse Regina King, who performed his onscreen spouse and obtained the most effective supporting actress Oscar, in addition to Zola and Ma Rainey’s Black Backside in 2020 with Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman.
Final 12 months, Domingo additionally nabbed an Emmy for his visitor flip in Euphoria as drug addict Ali.
He may even be seen as Mister in The Color Purple, the large display musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, produced by former star Oprah Winfrey and starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey, Ciara, Fantasia Barrino and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Warner Bros Discovery/HBO Max for remark.
Rustin is streaming now on Netflix. The Color Purple might be launched in UK cinemas on January 26, 2024.
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