Daniel Kaluuya has revealed that he is ready to quit acting before Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya’s acting career has been quite on an upward trajectory since his Oscar-nominated role in Get Out, with the actor revealing his willingness to give up acting entirely before the role.

The 33-year-old actor has been acting regularly since 2006, although after his 2015 role in Sicario, a year and a half passed where he wasn’t working and he was considering quitting acting.

That all changed when Jordan Peele called and was offered the role in Get Out, in which the star, writer, and director were each catching up in an interview with essenceKaluuya revealed that he is ready to leave as an actor.

Almost quit: Daniel Kaluuya's acting career has been on an entirely upward trajectory since his Oscar-nominated role in Get Out, with the actor revealing his willingness to give up acting entirely before the role

Almost quit: Daniel Kaluuya’s acting career has been on an entirely upward trajectory since his Oscar-nominated role in Get Out, with the actor revealing his willingness to give up acting entirely before the role

Peele revealed that it was Kaluya’s work in the 2011 episode of Black Mirror Fifteen Million Advantages that led to him wanting to audition for Get Out.

Kaluuya admitted to Peele, ‘I never told you this, but when you reached out to me and we had Skype, I was really disappointed with the acting. I stopped acting for a year and a half.

I checked out, because I was like, this isn’t working. I wasn’t getting roles, because racism and all that kind of stuff – so communicating with you was like, OK, I’m not crazy. This is correct. Kaluuya confessed.

Get Out: Bill revealed that it was Kaluuya's work in the 2011 episode of Black Mirror fifteen million merits that led to him wanting to audition for Get Out.

Get Out: Bill revealed that it was Kaluuya’s work in the 2011 episode of Black Mirror fifteen million merits that led to him wanting to audition for Get Out.

Peele added that the Get Out selection process made him realize, “There aren’t many who have had opportunities to be a lead in a movie.

I was thrilled when I realized what the rest of the world considers a very small swimming pool. I had at least one of the best actors I’ve ever seen in my movie, and right from the start I was like, So – when you have a good script, and you get an actor like this, who does work but has untapped potential and untapped confidence in him – you get something special, Peele added.

Kaluuya added that it was a testament to Bell’s writing and both were among the few who immediately recognized Get Out would be a success.

Opportunity: Peele added that the Get Out selection process made him realize,

Opportunity: Peele added that the Get Out selection process made him realize, “There aren’t many who have had opportunities to be a lead in a movie.”

Peele added that Get Out seemed to change the way he approached roles, adding, “You came with real intention about how you want to shape your career.”

Kaluuya admitted, ‘I did. I was just like, if it’s not “F**k yes,” it’s no. This kind of clean home.

‘A’ F**k yeah to me is when you sing, you do it for 400 pounds a week. This is an agent, before taxes, above all, he said.

Cleaning the house: Kaluuya admitted, 'I did.  I was just like, if you weren't

Cleaning the house: Kaluuya admitted, ‘I did. I was just like, if it’s not “F**k yes,” it’s no. This kind of clean home.

So I said, Am I going to do this for 400 pounds a week? And if the answer is yes, well, great, I will. I want to go places I don’t know I can. I want 3D characters. I want to tell the story no matter how big or small.

One example of “f**k yeah” is his smaller role in Widows, in which he admitted, “I’m not in the movie much, but my character had an arc — it had a story and a twist. As long as that was there, I could handle it.”

Kaluuya reunites with Peele for his latest film, Nope, and arrives in theaters nationwide as Juy 22 from Universal Pictures.

Nope: Kaluuya reunites with Peele for his latest movie Nope, hits cinemas nationwide Juy 22 from Universal Pictures

Nope: Kaluuya reunites with Peele for his latest movie Nope, hits cinemas nationwide Juy 22 from Universal Pictures

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