Kumail Nanjiani Was Told People Don’t Want to Cast Non-White Actors as Villains
Kumail Nanjiani suggests that Hollywood is still limiting the kinds of roles that actors of color can play. The Eternals,...
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‘Welcome to Chippendales’ Star Kumail Nanjiani Talks First Dramatic Lead Role: “He’s the King of a World That He Doesn’t Belong In”
The rise and fall of the infamous all-male erotic revue is the backdrop to Hulu’s limited series Welcome to Chippendales,...
‘Welcome to Chippendales’ Star Kumail Nanjiani Talks First Dramatic Lead Role: “He’s the King of a World That He Doesn’t Belong In”
The rise and fall of the infamous all-male erotic revue is the backdrop to Hulu’s limited series Welcome to Chippendales,...
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon Love Working Together — Just Not All The Time
Couples who work together navigate the dance between personal and professional in a variety of ways. For Emily V. Gordon...
‘Welcome to Chippendales’ Trailer Sees Kumail Nanjiani Walking on the Dark Side of the American Dream
In the first trailer for Welcome to Chippendales, star Kumail Nanjiani portrays the exotic dance group’s founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee,...
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon on Why They Skipped an Emmys Afterparty: “Our COVID Boundaries Are a Lot Stricter”
Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani and writer-producer Emily V. Gordon say they skipped a 2022 Emmys afterparty because it didn’t require...
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon on How AstraZeneca’s New “Up The Antibodies” Campaign Centers the Immunocompromised Community
On Wednesday morning, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon led a virtual discussion in partnership with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca...
Kumail Nanjiani Says the “Emotional Difficulty” of His Role in ‘Welcome to Chippendales’ Led to Physical Back Pain During Filming
Kumail Nanjiani says he’d “never done this kind of work” dramatically when playing Chippendale’s founder Somen Banerjee for an upcoming...
