"He’s a person, which is the whole point of this movie. He’s not just some like floating demon slayer, and it’s a really tricky balance…He’s someone who clearly has a lot of pain, and that’s something I find really interesting about him as a character."
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On what drew her to the character of Candyman in Candyman director Nia DaCosta: ‘It is shocking the way people have talked to me’” in The Guardian (2021 Aug 26)
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