'Bodied' Star Calum Worthy On Using N-Word in Film: "It Was Really Tough to Say Those Words" | In Studio - video Dailymotion

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"It was really tough to say those words because you don’t want to put there out there," Worthy told The Hollywood Reporter. "At the same time, I knew that there was a bigger point and message to this film."

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00:00you probably have the most the hardest job as far as being controversial or

00:09saying controversial things like everybody everybody had to say something

00:13that was offensive but you actually your character's thesis was on the use of the

00:19n-word in hip-hop culture so yeah it was that uncomfortable at all absolutely I

00:25mean I think that that word is one of the most violent words in the English

00:33language and I had never said it before this film it was it was really tough it

00:38was really tough to say those words because I you don't want to put that out

00:43there at the same time though I knew that there was a bigger point a message of

00:47this film that I really wanted to convey so in order to do that if I did have to

00:51say it I would but I've I can go on the record by saying I have never said it

00:56apart from the takes even in rehearsal I wouldn't say excited it's very

00:59uncomfortable for me to say that and since then I will never never say it

01:03unless it's for a really good project and I think that's a testament to the script

01:07as well and also Joseph's a storyteller because as a white actor to say those

01:12kinds of things it's tough and you're risking a lot so it's really you have to

01:17do it with a story that you trust and with a filmmaker that you feel safe with

01:20you

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