Ambika Mod is reflecting on how she and her One Day co-star Leo Woodall have been handled otherwise throughout the appearing business because the present’s debut.
The 2 stars performed Emma and Dexter in Netflix’s TV adaptation of the traditional David Nicholls novel One Day final 12 months.
Since then, Leo, who had already performed a supporting function within the second season of The White Lotus when One Day premiered, has starred reverse Renée Zellweger within the fourth Bridget Jones film, took the lead in Apple TV+’s motion sequence Citadel and presently has three movie roles within the works.
Talking to GQ, Ambika stated she feels she’s had much less alternatives come her approach regardless of them having equal billing within the hit Netflix sequence, mentioning that she and Leo “simply don’t get handled the identical in any respect”.
“It’s mad as a result of we wouldn’t be going for a similar roles in any respect, and we’re very totally different folks,” she stated. “I feel we’re going to have very totally different careers.”
Ambika continued: “If I evaluate myself to somebody like Leo, I’m at all times going to return up brief, as a result of there’s a privilege there that I don’t have entry to.”
She lamented: “Being brown is just not notably straightforward on this business. You don’t get the identical alternatives. You don’t get the identical ascension.
“I’ve been the lead of two very profitable, critically-acclaimed TV reveals [One Day and the medical drama This Is Going To Hurt, which aired two years earlier] and I nonetheless really feel like I’ve to maintain on proving myself. Numerous my white friends don’t actually need to deal with that.”
Ambika additionally acknowledged that “on the identical time, I’m so fortunate to be right here”, describing her scenario as a “double-edged sword”, and expressing her hopes that “my being right here makes it simpler for a woman 10 or 20 years youthful than me”.
In January, Ambika made her big-screen debut in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.
She’ll subsequent be seen in Sacrifice, a brand new motion journey that includes Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Chris Evans, Salma Hayek and Charli XCX.
Ambika additionally appeared within the miniseries The Stolen Lady, which premiered final month and included stars like Holliday Grainger and Jim Burgess, who performed Dexter within the unique movie adaptation of One Day.
