American Fiction Interview: Sterling K. Brown Gets Deep on That Dance Scene
0The competition is fierce, but hopes are high that Sterling K. Brown will get the critical praise and awards season love he deserves for his work in Cord Jefferson’s feature directorial debut, American Fiction.
Brown plays Cliff, Jeffrey Wright’s character’s brother, in the TIFF 2023 Audience Award-winning film. Both struggle to support their mother (Leslie Uggams) after her dementia diagnosis while also trying to power through a number of personal challenges. Many of Monk’s (Wright) frustrations come from seeing other novelists profiting from Black stories that rely on offensive tropes, and his inability to let others in, even those who love him for who he is. As for Cliff, while successful professionally, he considers himself the black sheep of the family. Recently out, Cliff feels as though he’s never been accepted by his family, and possibly still isn’t.
Brown shines via a staggeringly magnetizing and warm performance in American Fiction, work that powers a number of the film’s most memorable moments, including a particularly crushing story beat for Cliff and his mother. With American Fiction celebrating a limited theatrical release this weekend, I got the chance to chat with Brown about that particular scene, his collaboration with Cord Jefferson, and yet another unforgettable American Fiction scene, the impossibly loving and inspiring moment shared between Cliff and Lorraine (Myra Lucretia Taylor), the Ellison family’s live-in housekeeper.
Hear about all of that and more straight from Brown in this American Fiction interview!
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