Letitia Wright on 'Surrounded' and the real-life Buffalo Soldier that inspired her.
From director Anthony Mandler, the 1870s Western tale Surrounded follows former Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington , a freedwoman who’s just trying to survive her journey west to lay claim to the gold mine that she’s more than earned. When she finds herself in the path of notorious bandit Tommy Walsh , they find themselves in the position of having to rely on each other for survival, all while never forgetting the threat they also pose.
LETITIA WRIGHT: That’s a good question. Yes, I would say so. I don’t wanna waste time doing something I don’t really care about, so I always try to find intriguing characters and also try to redefine what it means to be an artist, for myself, as well as just thinking outside the box and trying to do something different and that would challenge me. This fits right into the type of roles that I love to do. I love to stretch myself with stuff like this.
A character like this is always interesting to center a story around because you never quite know what to make of her, or how she’ll react or respond in a situation. It really makes it harder to guess what the outcome might be. How did you view her? Did you see her as a hero? Do you see her as the hero of her own story? Do you see her as a survivor?
WRIGHT: The opportunity to produce Surrounded was the first opportunity I had been given to co-produce, alongside my acting. It was actually before The Silent Twins. It was just an opportunity to have a creative voice behind the camera, as much as I do in front of the camera. It really helped me to establish my taste, what I like and what I don’t like, and the ways I want to improve in the future.
Your director on this film, Anthony Mandler, is someone who gained experience as a director by doing a lot of music videos. I find music videos so interesting as a medium because they really have to tell a full story and convey a very clear vision, in about five minutes or less, so it seems like a director with that experience would then know how to very effectively convey the vision they would want.
WRIGHT: It was really nice to work with someone who is as dedicated as you are. I love that you have two characters who are the complete polar opposite of each other. You wouldn’t put them in the room together, and if you did, they wouldn’t stay in the same room because they couldn’t handle it. But the situation in this film forces them to look at each other and see similarities and differences. That’s what’s really fun about the dynamic of the characters.
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