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Cliff Curtis Becomes 'The Dark Horse;' 'Catastrophe' Is Back
After years of playing drug dealers and terrorists, Maori actor Cliff Curtis is finally finding more complex, nuanced roles. He tells us how he's able to bring his own background to two recent leading man roles. And Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, creators and stars of Catastrophe talk about the anxiety leading up to their second season.
By Kim Masters • • 29m ListenActor Cliff Curtis is a Maori New Zealander who's played a wide range of ethnicities -- Latino, Middle Eastern, African American. Now he stars in two projects where he plays characters who are Maori. He teIls us how he's seen Hollywood casting practices evolve for the better. Then, Irish writer and actress Sharon Horgan and American comedian Rob Delaney first met on Twitter. They later teamed up to create the British sitcom Catastrophe, now back for its second season on Amazon.
Photo: Cliff Curtis stars as Genesis Potini in Broad Green Pictures release, The Darkhorse © Broad Green Pictures
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3 storiesHollywood News Banter
Matt Belloni, executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.
Read the story7 minCliff Curtis on 'The Dark Horse'
Actor Cliff Curtis has played a wide range of ethnicities in his career -- everything from an African American drug dealer in Bringing Out the Dead, to an Iraqi rebel in Three Kings, to the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Blow. In reality, Curtis is Maori -- as in, the Maori who are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
Read the story11 minCreators and Stars of 'Catastrophe'
American comedian Rob Delaney and Irish writer and actress Sharon Horgan created and star in the British sitcom Catastrophe.
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