2026 might very well be the year of Colman Domingo. He’s in the hit Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” and has recently wrapped up his role as Ali on HBO’s “Euphoria.” He also stars in Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” in addition to directing one episode. This weekend, audiences will see him as Hugo in Steven Spielberg‘s alien thriller, “Disclosure Day.”
“It’s a matter of taste,” Domingo tells Variety when asked what makes him choose a project. “I’m very incisive when it comes to distilling what I think is useful to me.”
As a young actor, he would often turn the tables on directors and producers. “I want to know the rooms that I’m going to be in. I want to know the collaborators. What is this experience going to be like? How is it going to fuel me? How am I going to fuel it? Do I have anything to give?” he says.
Both Spielberg and “Michael” director Antoine Fuqua wanted to know if Domingo felt that he had something to offer the roles and experiences when he met with them about their respective films.
“What a great question to be asked as an artist!” Domingo says. “It forces you to think: Do I have something to give? What can I offer — not only as an actor and artist but as a human being? How are we going to create the sets and treat each other? I’m very clear about that.”
