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Cush Jumbo: I鈥檝e not got roles because of my skin colour
Cush Jumbo, best known for appearing in US series The Good Wife, feels she has missed out on roles because her skin colour doesn鈥檛 鈥渇it鈥 with other actors in the production.
Speaking to 5 live鈥檚 Phil Williams Ms Jumbo said audition feedback described her as 鈥渢oo black鈥 for some parts and 鈥渢oo light鈥 for others.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think those people are racist,鈥 she said, 鈥渋t鈥檚 that we have an idea in our heads here of representation on TV and it doesn鈥檛 represent the country that we live in鈥.
This clip is originally from Phil Williams on Wednesday 3 August 2016.
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