Colman Domingo Says ‘I Lost My Mind’ After Agent Revealed ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Rejected Him Because He Wasn’t Light-Skinned: ‘This Is Going to Kill Me’

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Boardwalk Empire because he was not light-skinned enough.The actor, known for his roles in Euphoria and Fear the Walking Dead, has said that he was auditioning for a role in the HBO show in 2014 when he was still seeking a breakthrough in his screen career.The role in question was a maître d’ in a Black-owned nightclub, and Domingo has explained that despite feeling that he had impressed the casting agents, he was later enlightened about a possible reason for his rejection by one of the show’s researchers.In an interview with the New York Times, Domingo says that a historical researcher articulated to Domingo’s agent that maître d’s in the sorts of nightclubs in question were typically more light-skinned than Domingo.“That’s when I lost my mind,” Domingo is quoted as saying. “I can’t take it anymore, I think this is going to kill me.”Domingo would eventually land the role of the recovering drug addict Ali on HBO’s Euphoria, and he is currently starring as the title character in Rustin, a biographical drama about the life of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.

told the New York Times, adding that he told his agent: “I can’t take it anymore, I think this is going to kill me.”Following that experience, Domingo said he told his husband, screenwriter Raúl Domingo, that he was considering quitting. But, soon after that, he broke out on “Fear the Walking Dead,” and then in movies such as “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Zola.” Domingo has had further successes recently — he’s starring in the new musical movie “The Color Purple” with Taraji P.

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