Daniel Kaluuya has said he did not get an invite to the premiere ofGet Out at the Sundance Film Festival.
The racial satire and culture-shifting hit by Jordan Peele, which came out in 2017, earned Kaluuya a Best Actor nomination at the Oscars.
During a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Kaluuya revealed he was never asked to attend the Sundance premiere.
Kaluuya explained that he was in Atlanta shooting scenes for Black Panther when Get Out was set to have its early 2017 debut at Sundance, which is held in Utah.
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“On the Sundance world premiere, I was in Atlanta because I was shooting Black Panther,” he said. “I was chilling, I cleared my schedule. I was like, ‘I really wanna do it.’ And then just didn’t get the invite. I wasn’t invited, so I was just in my bed – someone texted me, ‘It’s done really well.’”
“I don’t ask questions,” Kaluuya added. “You don’t wanna be in a place that you don’t feel wanted.”
The Independent has contacted Sundance for comment.
In another recent TV appearance, Kaluuya left US journalist Robin Roberts blushing after she attempted to “butter him up” for gossip on Black Panther 2.
In the first film, Kaluuya portrayed the chieftain W’Kabi, who was also the best friend of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa.
While he has not been officially confirmed to reprise his role in the sequel, he is expected to make a return.
Kaluuya can next be seen as activist Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
