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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:34 AM Author: clear eyes, full diaper, can't lose (✅🍑) DJIMON HOUNSOU ADMITS HE’S STILL ‘STRUGGLING’ TO MAKE A LIVING IN HOLLYWOOD Hounson shared how he still deals with financial worries despite his multiple Oscar nominations.
Actor Djimon Hounsou got real about his ongoing financial stresses despite his Hollywood success. The two-time Oscar Nominee revealed that he still struggles to make a living through acting.
Hounsou shared more on his predicament in an interview with CNN’s African Voice Changemakers. Born in Benin, Hounsou scored breakout roles in U.S. films such as Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” and the 2006 film “Blood Diamond.” He scored an Oscar nomination for the latter, gaining a prior one in 2002 for “In America.”
Despite his critical acclaim and extensive filmography, Hounsou still feels “underpaid.” He detailed how he continues to be lowballed in the industry, offered meager checks for new roles that do not match his accolades.
“I’m still struggling to make a living,” he said. “I’ve been in this business making films now for over two decades with two Oscar nominations, been in many blockbuster films, and yet, I’m still struggling financially. I’m definitely underpaid.”
The 60-year-old continued by stating how his counterparts have accrued more financial gains with even less critical achievement. He shared that he feels “cheated” by this pay discrepancy given how hard he has worked to build his career.
“I’m still struggling to try to make a dollar! I’ve come up in the business with some people who are absolutely well off and have very little of my accolades,” he explained. “So I feel cheated, tremendously cheated, in terms of finances and in terms of the workload as well. I’ve gone to studios for meetings and they’re like: ‘Wow, we felt like you just got off the boat and then went back [after Amistad]. We didn’t know you were here as a true actor.’ When you hear things like that, you can see that some people’s vision of you, or what you represent, is very limiting. But it is what it is. It’s up to me to redeem that.”
Moreover, he cited that racism and xenophobia thwarted his efforts to gain further recognition for other performances, specifically his breakthrough performance in the 1997 film “Amistad.” Hounsou played a rebellion leader in the historical drama depicting the revolt by enslaved African people aboard a ship to America.
“I was nominated for the Golden Globe, but they ignored me for the Oscars, talking about the fact that they thought that I had just came off the boat and off the streets,” he claimed. “Even though I successfully did that [film], they just didn’t feel like I was an actor to whom they should pay any respect. This conceptual idea of diversity still has a long way to go. Systemic racism don’t change like that anytime soon.”
Hounsou continues to be a force in Hollywood. He recently starred in “A Quiet Place: Day One” with upcoming roles in horror films and thrillers alike. However, his calls for better compensation and representation remain an ongoing conversation for diverse actors in the entertainment industry. https://www.blackenterprise.com/djimon-honsou-struggling-hollywood/ |
Date: January 13th, 2025 8:38 AM Author: Bill DaWall assuming you mean "minority" and not "minor"
yeah fuck him he shouldve save his money from other films. he got his chance. if its over then fuck him. |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:40 AM Author: clear eyes, full diaper, can't lose (✅🍑) I meant "minor" because he's talking like he's some major star and entitled to all the fame and riches associated with that, but he's just a minor fringe player (small fry minor, not under age minor) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:42 AM Author: Bill DaWall he got tons of opportunities. hes the guy from blood diamond and gladiator. hes not really a minor actor. he benefitted from peak liberal "lets push africans instead of african americans" and he fucked it up. fuck him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548240) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:43 AM Author: clear eyes, full diaper, can't lose (✅🍑) and now he's whining about it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548244) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:44 AM Author: Bill DaWall he has to go back imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548246) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:44 AM Author: clear eyes, full diaper, can't lose (✅🍑) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548248) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 9:17 AM Author: ADA-compliant Monkey Bars He’s pretty famous, almost 30 year career (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548331) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:45 AM Author: zesty who???? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548250) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:45 AM Author: clear eyes, full diaper, can't lose (✅🍑) this is my point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548251) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:48 AM Author: genocide supporter He has a point these Hollywood kikes talk about how much they do for shitskin niggers until they’re so blue in the face they almost look like one you’d think they’d throw dikembe montubu here a bone (even if just to stick in his nose as an extra) but nope of course not because they’re a bunch of dirty, stingy kike jews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548257) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:50 AM Author: Bill DaWall neither side has any point and this is why americans dont care that la is "supposedly" burning to the ground (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548262) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:50 AM Author: genocide supporter Shut up you niggerloving kike fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548263) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:56 AM Author: Bill DaWall oh its you again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548277) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:57 AM Author: genocide supporter Oh also
Americans don’t care because it’s a shithole full of jews and weird asiatic spic mystery meats ie not Americans but good job jewishly offloading this ill will towards grr entertainment |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:49 AM Author: animeboi (.) "multiple Oscar nominations"
They expanded the nomination list to like 10 people/movies just so they could get token niggers in and there you go. |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:29 AM Author: jewish lightning hopkins Only Best Picture, not in the acting categories afaik (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548534) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., Correct. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548557) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:51 AM Author: Anti-H1B Chatblog Elects Turdskin Best Poaster (gunneratttt) that's not a real name
that's not a real country |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 8:55 AM Author: Bill DaWall *ellen degenerate laughs as he says in broken english "i have benin many countries and now i am here"*
"thats just great, digimon i love it. now back to cutting kids dicks off" |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 9:01 AM Author: state your IQ before I engage you further (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548283) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 9:04 AM Author: Anti-H1B Chatblog Elects Turdskin Best Poaster (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548292) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., It’s the largest island in Japan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548561) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 9:12 AM Author: state your IQ before I engage you further Singing lessons, dancing lessons, I was gonna make him a big star! And just so you don't think I'm a hard hearted man, that it's not all dollars and cents: he was beautiful! He was the best piece of ass I've ever had, and I've had it all over the world! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548313) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:27 AM Author: jewish lightning hopkins (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548527) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:26 AM Author: hung stud He's 180 and seeing his glistening BLACK body in Amistad and Gladiator sparked my lifelong love affair with the nude African male form (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548517) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:27 AM Author: jewish lightning hopkins Let’s audit his movie salaries, those are public right?
Guessing he had millions that were just nigged away |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:37 AM Author: Just your average poaster Are they public? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548563) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:39 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., No. Why would they be public? There’s rumors and leaks for stars. Nobody knows what the secondary actors get. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548566) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:40 AM Author: jewish lightning hopkins I thought they were.
If not let’s just ask him! |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:42 AM Author: John Cocke Look at me - LOOK AT ME. I am the gonif kike accountant now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548580) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:33 AM Author: cannon How many roles does he expect there to be for a jet black African speaking heavily accented English? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548549) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:39 AM Author: Phenotype Czar if racism and xenophobia are such an issue in hollywood maybe he should take his talents to the beninese film industry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548567) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:41 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., Didn’t we have this about women’s salaries in Hollywood like 5 years ago? Whatever happened with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5663293&forum_id=2#48548576) |