Remember Us? Stars Blackballed After Their Oscars Speak Out
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Meg Butler
Octavia Spencer
Octavia says that after she won her 2012 Oscar for The Help, there was nowhere to go but down:
“There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how many times is that film going to get funded? Let’s just be real. It’s a business thing, and you have to change the mindset of people around here.
The roles I’m being offered in film are too small to sink your teeth into, and I thought it was time to be able to live with a character at inception and travel with her to fruition, and allow myself to evolve as an actress.”
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