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Thandiwe Newton is interested in attaching herself to a superhero movie now that film’s in the genre are offering more.

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Solo: A Star Wars Story, stating that her character’s death was a “big mistake”.The actress played Val – wife to criminal Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) – in the Star Wars spin-off, which charted the origins of Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich).Newton’s character made history as the first Black woman to have a major role in the franchise, but Val was swiftly killed off by the end of the film – a decision which wasn’t in the original script.Speaking to Inverse, Newton said: “I felt disappointed by

Newton told Inverse in an interview. “And, actually, in the script, she wasn’t killed.

Looking back. Thandiwe Newton has opened up about her character being killed off in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story and how she felt seeing it play out onscreen.

Thandiwe Newton made history in 2018 as the first Black woman to have a major role in a “Star Wars” movie when she appeared as Val in “Solo: A Star Wars Story”. Now, the “Reminiscence” star says the original script didn’t have her character die in an explosion — that disappointing change was made during filming on the Ron Howard-directed movie.

Lucasfilm‘s “Solo: A Story Wars Story” was a costly venture for the studio, as they fired the original directors, Chris Miller and Phil Lord, leading to very expensive reshoots led by acclaimed director, Ron Howard. And as we all know, those reshoots were quite extensive, greatly changing quite a bit of the story along the way, apparently including the fate of at least one of the main characters.

Thandiwe Newton believes the Solo: A Star Wars Story team made a "big mistake" when they killed her character off. In the 2018 Star Wars spin-off, starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo, the Westworld actress played Val, a criminal and Solo ally who gets unceremoniously killed off during a train heist.

Reminiscence and had a major twinning moment on the red carpet. The 48-year-old Hollywood star — previously known as Thandie Newton — and her teenage actress daughter walked hand-in-hand at the LA premiere, and the family resemblance was uncanny between the pair.

Reminiscence. Thandiwe and her actress daughter, Nico Parker, graced the red carpet together and the mother-daughter duo looked just gorgeous.

Line of Duty star Thandiwe Newton blessed us all with another flawless beauty look on the red carpet for the premier of sci-fi thriller Reminiscence night, but she also shared the spotlight with her gorgeous daughter Nico Parker. You’d be forgiven for thinking the image of Nico, 16, is just a young Thandiwe, as the duo look remarkably similar – something that the star’s Instagram fans have also spotted.

Thandiwe Newton gets a big hug from her daughter Nico Parker as they arrive at the premiere of Reminiscence held at TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday night (August 17) in Hollywood.

The cast and crew of Reminiscence kept their distance while attending the film’s UK premiere!

The Last of US HBO series has found its Sarah in Dumbo actor Nico Parker.As reported by Deadline, Parker will portray Joel’s daughter Sarah Miller in the upcoming adaption of the hugely popular video game series.Outside of picking up the role of Milly Farrier in the 2019 Dumbo film, Parker appeared in three episodes of The Third Day, a psychological thriller for HBO starring Jude Law in 2020.

Thandiwe Newton‘s daughter, Nico Parker, has joined the cast of the upcoming series The Last Of Us, which is an adaptation of the very popular video game by the same name.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorActor and activist Thandiwe Newton, who was named to the Queen’s New Year’s Honors List, receiving an OBE for services to film and charity, has joined documentary “President” as executive producer. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival this year and will screen at AFI Docs on Thursday.The film captures Zimbabwe at a crossroads.

Hugh Jackman is diving into the world of lost memories in the new sci-fi thriller “Reminiscence”, the directorial debut feature of “Westworld” co-creator Lisa Joy.

Thanks to the critical success of their HBO show “Westworld,” Lisa Joy and her husband, Jonathan Nolan, are an ascendant power couple in the Hollywood landscape. Neither of them is a stranger to success and critical acclaim.

Thandiwe Newton, the acclaimed actress formerly known as Thandie Newton, is getting back to her roots. The 48-year-old "Westworld" star has had a long career on both the big and small screens and has always been known as Thandie -- but as it turns out, that isn't her birth name.

British Vogue, Newton said she is reclaiming the original spelling saying: “That’s my name. It’s always been my name. I’m taking back what’s mine.”This happened

Thandiwe Newton is reclaiming her name. The 48-year-old actress covers the May issue of , and reveals that the long-credited spelling of her name as «Thandie» is incorrect.The misspelling goes back to her first onscreen credit when the «W» in her name was «carelessly missed out,» the outlet reports.From now on, though, Newton will insist on the «W» being included in her name, which means «beloved» in Shona, the language in Zimbabwe, where her mom's a princess.«That’s my name.

Thandiwe Newton just recently opened up about taking back her birth name after it was changed without her consent on a film she was once a part of.

Taking it back. Thandiwe Newton, who has gone by Thandie Newton for nearly 30 years, just revealed her stage name was created by a misspelling in 1991.

Thandie Newton has revealed her real name is Thandiwe and says people have been spelling it wrong for 30 years. The actor, whose full name is Melanie Thandiwe Newton, said the “w” was left out of her name in her first film credit for the 1991 Australian film Flirting.

Naman Ramachandran British actor Thandiwe Newton is reverting to the original Shona spelling of her name, after decades of being known and credited as “Thandie Newton.” The Emmy-winning “Westworld” actor was born Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker. “That’s my name.

cover of British Vogue’s May edition with her real name, Thandiwe Newton, spelled out in large letters for the first time, calling it the “rebirth of an icon.”“That’s my name. It’s always been my name.

Audiences have known her as Thandie Newton for over 30 years. Now, the Westworld actress has revealed that is not her real name. Her real name is Thandiwe Newton.

Thandiwe Newton covers the latest issue of British Vogue, and no, that’s not a typo.