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Apr 4, 2020 · Wendy director Benh Zeitlin went a long way to find his Peter Pan - first-time actor Yashua Mack. A crater-pocked road leading to a cluster of simple plywood homes ringed with vegetable fields...
Mar 3, 2020 · Child actor, Yashua Mack, has become the first black actor to play Peter Pan after he featured in a new movie – Wendy – which premiered February 28.
Feb 27, 2020 · Director Behn Zeitlin reimagined the 1953 classic and has cast Yashua Mack, a Black boy, to star as Peter Pan after auditioning more than 1500 kids for the role.
Apr 7, 2020 · Gemma Handy (BBC) writes about Yashua Mack—Wendy’s Peter Pan—and the Rastafarian village in Antigua, where he lives. A crater-pocked road leading to a cluster of simple plywood homes ringed with vegetable fields might seem unlikely territory to find a Hollywood movie star.
Mar 3, 2020 · Wendy, a new retelling of the Peter Pan story, has broken barriers by showcasing the first Black Peter Pan. Yashua Mack was chosen out of over 1500 children to play the role of Peter Pan, as revealed in Entertainment Weekly.
Feb 25, 2020 · Peter is played by Yashua Mack, the first black actor to portray the popular character in a major motion picture. Why the change?
Mar 3, 2020 · A lot of the early attention went to your casting of Yashua Mack as Peter Pan. How did you envision the character? And is it true you found him “in a Rastafarian compound deep in the...
