Venice Rising Star Jojo T. Gibbs on Luc Besson’s ‘Dogman’ and the Impact ‘The Fifth Element’ Had on Her as a Kid

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In her biggest role to date, the comedian, writer, and actress stars alongside Caleb Landry Jones in the French director's buzzy so-called 'comeback' movie and a film in which she says he shows a new level of emotional depth that 'should take the audience by surprise.”

marks her biggest role to date and sees her play the crucial part of prison psychiatrist Evelyn alongside Caleb Landry Jones’ protagonist Douglas — wasn’t already a keen Besson enthusiast. As a child growing up in small-town North Carolina, she fondly recalls the traditional trip to the local video store with her dad and brother to choose the movie they’d then watch over a Chinese takeaway.

, following Gibbs in the not-too-unfamiliar role of a broke aspiring comedian from small-town America trying to make it in the city. She shot two episodes while simultaneously working two jobs , but then — “exhausted” — turned to crowdfunding to finance the rest, using the skills picked up selling solar panels door-to-door to hit up production companies and potential donors. Lena Waithe was among them.

It wasn’t long before she landed her first film role, playing Daisy Edgar-Jones’ best friend in Hulu’s cannibalistic horror, but in the final cut her role was reduced to a non-speaking part. “Celine called me to explain why they took the scenes out and it made complete sense,” she says. “But I still appreciate the little cameo.” Then came Alex Garland’s yet-to-be-released and somewhat mysterious sci-fi action epicfor A24 alongside Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura and Cailee Spaeny .

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