The actress goes deep on a haunting moment that blurs the lines between black and white.
Ruth Neggadescribes the trajectory of Clare, her captivating character in directorRebecca Hall’sPassing, as a “homecoming.”
I was like, ‘No.’
Ruth Negga and Alexander Skarsgard in Netflix’s ‘Passing.'.Netflix
Then I’m thinking, ‘Why not?’
It’s not the actors that feel uncomfortable.
I think we want to generate that in the viewer."
Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson in ‘Passing.'.Netflix
In that moment, Negga perfectly captures the film’s complexity.
At worst, it slowly kills you."
Negga understands that audiences will have varying reads on the film.
Ruth Negga in ‘Passing’.Netflix
“It nudges people internally in different ways, perhaps,” she says.
“All good art longs to linger,” says Negga.
“I thinkPassingwill linger.
I think it will stand the test of time.”
