When movie, tv and trend lovers flip their eyes to the Golden Globes purple carpet this Sunday evening, they are going to little question be handled to a critical dose of fashion from Colman Domingo. The actor, nominated for his second consecutive Golden Globe for Greatest Actor for his portrayal of real-life playwright-author John “Divine G” Whitfield in “Sing Sing,” can be properly referred to as a trend darling, usually wowing followers each on- and offscreen. He has even scored a covetable co-chair slot for the 2025 Met Gala, the place the main focus will probably be on Black males’s trend beneath the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Type.”
“The capes! The colours! The drama! I’ve all the time cherished dressing,” Domingo tells W journal, which options the acclaimed actor as considered one of its annual “Greatest Performances” honorees. “I’ve an Easter Sunday image of me as a child: I’m carrying a purple, white, and blue jacket with brown trousers and a tie that’s actually massive. My mother mentioned, ‘Oh, child, that doesn’t match, and I mentioned, ‘However I prefer it! It makes me really feel good!” the actor remembers, including: “Which is why I’m not afraid of just a little fringe or a ruffle. I must really feel like I’m a warrior indirectly. In any case, warriors and kings put on capes.”
Domingo doesn’t solely wish to create drama; like many people, he additionally loves to observe it — by way of actuality TV. “I like ‘The Actual Housewives of Atlanta’; they’re all the time preventing. I just lately began watching ‘The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis.’ All people there’s being fabulous. To a stage, they’re appearing … And likewise they’re in full make-up, lashes, and wig on the gymnasium. And it’s fully lit. They’re like, ‘Wait—who’s on the door?’ Let’s see, you might have a digicam crew inside and one exterior. I believe you sort of know.
“I do prefer it after they combat,” he continued. “I believe that’s the enchantment: It’s, you understand what? I suppose I’m fairly okay if I don’t have this type of drama with anyone.”
As for the well-deserved success the veteran actor is experiencing at this stage of life, along with being a meme-able beneficiary of the genetic lottery, Domingo is greater than having fun with the trip.
“I believe it’s an superior factor that I obtained success later in my profession than earlier. I can deal with it now,” he tells W. “I’m 55 years previous. I had been a gradual burn for 30-something years. I’ve been simmering within the pot … It’s been gradual, and I nonetheless know not take myself too critically. That’s essential — I really feel just like the second you imagine the hype, that’s the issue.
Quantity 1 of W journal’s “Greatest Performances” hits stands February 11, 2025.
