Daniel Kaluuya on Racism in America vs. Racism in Britain | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this clip from his Screen Tests interview, British actor Daniel Kaluuya ('Get Out', 'Black Panther', and 'Black Mirror') gives his thoughts about the systemic and institutional racism in America vs. the racism in Britain. A lot of people didn't realize I was in that," Daniel Kaluuya says of his first starring role in an American movie, Denis Villeneuve's 2015 thriller Sicario. "I take that as a compliment to me." The British actor, who was born and raised in London, completely camouflaged himself in the American southwest fabric of that film, and he is equally convincing as a young American photographer visiting his white girlfriend's parents in the very white suburbs in Jordan Peele's Get Out, which satirized the insidious racism of that setting and garnered four Oscars nominations this morning, including Best Picture and a Best Actor nod for Kaluuya. But offscreen, the actor has never been shy about speaking his own mind. How did Get Out come to you? Because I did Black Mirror in 2011. It didn't really have any traction at home, and then Netflix happened. So Black Mirror hit Netflix like three or four years later, and then Jordan [Peele] saw me in Black Mirror, and he said "I've got this script." We Skyped, and then during the press for Sicario, I went to L.A.. I read it, and I got the part. And with Jordan Peele, who is known for comedy, did you notice his comic timing in terms of setting up scenes? I mean, when I read the script, it was just laugh-out-