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American Fiction cast say Oscars shouldn't just reward 'Black pain'. The film, which is out in cinemas now, sees Brown play Cliff, brother to Jeffrey Wright 's Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, who comes out as gay and be his authentic, unapologetic self after divorcing his wife.

Speaking to Yahoo, Brown reflected on how Cliff's character arc can help those watching the film who might be in the same, or similar, position, saying it's "extremely important" to have stories like his depicted on the silver screen. American Fiction is out in cinemas nationwide now.

You get one facet maybe, but as far as the holistic representation of a human being that sometimes things fall short of that. In American Fiction Cliff at one point also tells his brother Monk Jeffrey Wright how he wished their late father could have known he was gay, regardless of his reaction.

Sterling K Brown said he hopes having that scene in the film gives 'permission to others [to say] "you know what, if you're going to love me, I'm going to give all of me to you to love"'. Sign out. He has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award.

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That life is messy and families are messy, and the same people that can irritate you to no end are also the same people that you love the most in the world. Cliff at one point also tells his brother how he wished their late father could have known his sexuality, regardless of what his reaction would have been because at least then he would have known all of him.

And I think whether you are gay or anything else if you are living your life for the benefit of other people, and you know you're not being true to who you are, you're not going to find real happiness. Part satire, part family drama, 'American Fiction' is a crowd-pleasure with a scene-stealing performance from Sterling K.

Brown. The film's director Cord Jefferson was keen to explore the complexities of families and their relationships throughout his directorial debut, even if its central focus is on a character, Monk, and his decision to write a stereotypically "Black" book after becoming disheartened by the way in which the book and entertainment industry wants to tell stories from BIPOC creatives.

For Jefferson it was more than that, he explains: "I wanted the movie to feel like life, and I think that the same way that life is neither comedy nor a tragedy I wanted that to invoke that in the story. Sterling K Brown speaks to Yahoo UK about his character Cliff Ellison's journey of acceptance as a Black gay man in American Fiction.

Sterling Kelby Brown (born April 5, ) [1] is an American actor. Watch the trailer for American Fiction:. I think that that is something that Monk feels. I think that for me especially, too, you don't really get to see these kinds of intimate portrayals of Black families, particularly Black American families.

Return to homepage. American Fiction star Sterling K Brown thinks it's 'extremely important' to tell stories like his character Cliff, a Black gay man finally being his authentic self, on the silver screen. It's not all negative, though, as he finds acceptance in other places, from Monk for example and their family friend Lorraine Myra Lucretia Taylor.

His journey is not without its challenges, he distances himself from his family out of fear of not being accepted after their mother, who has Alzheimer's, comments that she always knew "he wasn't a queer". Who will win at the Oscars?