“But I do think Canadians are hungry for our own stories, they just don’t know where to find them.”Brugel is hopeful a new media campaign will help with that. “For a long time I was only in comedy, and I played a lot of very nice girls or the best friend. So I love that now this role in ‘Handmaid’s,’ it opens me up to people thinking that I can play more complex, emotional roles,” she says. Being able to humanize characters and personalize them even though they look different … I think that’s the thing that’s going to push television forward in Canada.”Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“Kim’s” star Simu Liu is one of six Seek More ambassadors. His fellow ambassadors include Shamier Anderson (“Wynonna Earp”), the Scarborough-born actor who recently started The Black Academy with his actor brother Stephan James to boost Black Canadian talent, and Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, who was born in Kanien’kehá:ka Mohawk Territory in Quebec.

Source: thestar April 18, 2021 12:56 UTC