- You know, if you ask my mother, she is convinced

- 你知道，如果你問我母親，她相信

that the motivation was watching Hannah Montana

其動機是觀看《漢娜-蒙塔娜》。

and I love Miley, but I don't believe

我喜歡麥莉，但我不相信

that that is the reason why.

這就是原因所在。

I feel like when I thought about acting,

我覺得當我想到要演戲的時候。

the only thing that I really thought about

我唯一真正想到的是

at the time was theater and Broadway,

當時是戲劇和百老匯。

film and TV honestly didn't sort of come

誠實地講，電影和電視並沒有出現。

into my view until college.

進入我的視野，直到大學。

I am Dominique Thorne and this is On the Rise.

我是多米尼克-索恩，這裡是On the Rise。

(gentle upbeat music)

(輕柔歡快的音樂)

I went to a Greek Orthodox Middle School in Brooklyn,

我在布魯克林的一所希臘東正教中學上學。

shout out to A. Fantis parochial school

向A.Fantis教區學校喊話

of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral.

聖人康斯坦丁和海倫希臘東正教大教堂。

Our second language there was Greek

我們在那裡的第二語言是希臘語

and I think I realized I had a talent

我想我意識到我有一種天賦

for acting when I had my first Greek speaking role.

當我有了第一個希臘語的角色時，我對錶演產生了興趣。

I played Kýpros which was the island of Cyprus

我扮演的是塞浦路斯島的Kýpros。

for the Orchidéa play.

為Orchidéa劇。

(speaking foreign language)

(講外語)

Little rough, but it's alright.

有點粗糙，但還可以。

I think that was the first time

我想那是第一次

that I really felt some like power on the stage.

我真的感覺到了一些像舞臺上的力量。

You know, some onus like, oh this is mine to shepherd.

你知道，有些責任，比如，哦，這是我的牧羊人。

The age at which I first started playing around

我第一次開始玩耍的年齡

with the idea of claiming actor

聲稱是演員的想法

as my title was probably around high school age.

因為我的標題可能是在高中時代。

That's when I first started acting seriously

那是我第一次開始認真演戲的時候

or learning the many techniques.

或學習許多技術。

The first role that I ever had was Puck

我的第一個角色是普克

from a Midsummer Night's Dream.

來自《仲夏夜之夢》。

My freshman year of high school

我的高中一年級

at the Professional Performing Arts School.

在專業表演藝術學校。

That is a role that is so dear to my heart.

這是一個在我心中非常重要的角色。

That was the true like moment or I guess like birth

那是真正的喜歡的時刻，或者我猜是喜歡的誕生

onto the stage, and it was such a physically involved role.

在舞臺上，這是一個涉及身體的角色。

Puck, as we know, is sort of

正如我們所知，帕克是那種

like the little mystical creature lurking throughout.

像潛伏在整個過程中的神祕小生物。

So I was like, I would appear at the back of the stage

所以我想，我將出現在舞臺的後面

and then run down like the side hallway to the back,

然後像邊上的走廊跑到後面。

across the back of the stage

穿過舞臺後面

and go upstairs to make my next entrance at the other side.

並上樓在另一邊做我的下一個入口。

And then I'd appear in the back on the top

然後我就會出現在後面的頂部

of like the theater seats and like sort of crawl over people

在劇院的座位上，就像在人們身上爬行一樣。

and get to the front and jump on top of the proscenium.

並走到前面，跳到講臺上面。

Like, it was such like what a way to enter.

就像，它是這樣的，就像什麼方式進入。

That's probably my favorite role to this day too, actually.

這可能也是我至今最喜歡的角色，實際上。

I think a part of the reason why I committed

我認為我承諾的部分原因是

to being an actor is because there was so much emotion going

成為一名演員，是因為有太多的情感在其中。

on in here that I didn't have the words for.

在這裡，我沒有話可說。

And it wasn't until I started acting

而直到我開始演戲

and especially until I started performing

特別是在我開始表演之前

and learning Shakespeare truly that I learned that,

和學習莎士比亞，真正讓我學到了這一點。

oh, there are most certainly words for every thought

哦，每個人都有自己的想法。

and feeling that I have going on in here.

和感覺，我在這裡有怎麼回事。

And I think from that moment I've been very particular

我認為從那一刻起，我就非常重視

about the words that I choose to express myself.

關於我選擇用來表達自己的文字。

One thing that my teacher says

我的老師說的一件事是

that I sort of have always taken with me is

我一直帶著的是

that you're giving people the opportunity to be changed.

那就是你給人們提供了被改變的機會。

And I think that from that moment I was able to get involved

我想，從那一刻起，我就能夠參與其中了。

with theater and also films that have been very thoughtful

戲劇和電影都是非常有思想的。

in the messaging that they want to give to people.

在他們想給人們的資訊傳遞中。

But it was doing Shakespeare that taught me

但正是做莎士比亞的工作讓我學會了

that giving people a rest from the stresses of life,

讓人們從生活的壓力中獲得休息。

giving people the opportunity to enter into something

讓人們有機會進入某些領域

that is so different from everyday life is also a gift

與日常生活如此不同，也是一種禮物

and is also powerful.

而且也很強大。

Learning that, creating that, like training my voice

學習這些，創造這些，就像訓練我的聲音一樣

and my body and my mind to learn these lines

我的身體和我的思想要學習這些臺詞

and do that thing felt like the first time

和做那件事感覺像第一次

that I think I felt alive.

我認為我覺得自己還活著。

Whatever it is I'm meant to do in life, I am, I'm awake now.

無論我在生活中要做什麼，我都在做，我現在已經醒了。

Like what is my next mission?

比如我的下一個任務是什麼？

Playing Riri Williams I think is the opening

扮演瑞麗-威廉姆斯，我認為是開場

of a door in the universe.

宇宙中的一扇門。

I think that it's allowing for a whole other like,

我認為，這是在允許一個完全不同的喜歡。

untapped side of Marvel to sort of run through with force

在Marvel中未被開發的一面，以武力貫穿始終。

and the fact that she's being introduced in Wakanda

以及她在瓦坎達被引入的事實

which has been such a like a home going,

這已經是一個像家一樣的地方了。

I think for a lot of people,

我想對於很多人來說。

to see Wakanda represented on screen,

看到瓦坎達在螢幕上的表現。

but also just folks in general sort of like,

但也只是一般人的喜歡。

oh, that dude kind of looks like me.

哦，那個傢伙有點像我。

She kind of looks like me,

她長得有點像我。

like these superheroes are from places

就像這些超級英雄是來自地方

that are familiar to me.

這是我所熟悉的。

Or at least that's how I felt learning about Riri

或者至少我在瞭解瑞麗的過程中是這樣感覺的

and especially getting to tap into her and play her.

特別是能夠挖掘她並扮演她。

So I think that Riri is the first step

所以我認為瑞麗是第一步。

of many into a new world.

許多人進入一個新的世界。

Stepping onto the set of Wakanda Forever,

踏上《永遠的瓦坎達》的拍攝現場。

probably one of the deepest full circle experiences

可能是最深刻的圓圈體驗之一

I've had the pleasure of feeling to date.

迄今為止，我已經有幸感受到了。

Seeing that iconic panther statue,

看到那個標誌性的黑豹雕像。

to working with Angela Bassett

與安吉拉-巴塞特合作

and also to be directed by Ryan Coogler,

並將由瑞安-庫格勒執導。

whose film Fruitvale Station was the first film I saw

他的電影《Fruitvale Station》是我看到的第一部電影

that showed me for the first time

這讓我第一次看到

that film has the exact same power and potential

這部電影具有完全相同的力量和潛力

that I believed and believe that theater has.

我相信並相信戲劇有。

So to be there in the room,

所以要在房間裡待著。

on the set of a Marvel show,

在驚奇節目的拍攝現場。

playing a Marvel hero felt like I was doing something right

扮演漫威英雄感覺我在做一件正確的事

and that maybe, just maybe I should continue

而且，也許，只是也許我應該繼續

to trust the Lord above and see where this takes me.

相信上面的主，看看這能把我帶到哪裡。

So receiving the role of Riri Williams

是以接受了里爾-威廉姆斯的角色

in Black Panther : Wakanda Forever

在《黑豹》：永遠的瓦坎達

also came packaged with the opportunity

還附帶有機會

to play her in her own titular show

在她自己命名的節目中扮演她的角色

about Ironheart the character itself after Wakanda Forever.

在《永遠的瓦坎達》之後，關於鐵心這個角色本身。

And so I am currently what, one week away from wrapping

是以，我現在距離包裝還有一個星期的時間。

that show, which is insane to think about.

那個節目，想想都覺得不可思議。

So yeah, man, let's all strap in, shall we?

所以，是的，夥計，讓我們都綁上安全帶，好嗎？

Okay.

好的。

The biggest high of my career thus far is really

迄今為止，我職業生涯中最大的高潮真的是

an amalgamation of different moments.

一個不同時刻的混合體。

Playing Riri Williams in Wakanda Forever has given me

在《永遠的瓦坎達》中扮演瑞麗-威廉姆斯，讓我感受到了

sort of a perspective I definitely did not expect to have.

一種我絕對沒有想到的觀點。

Being in Wakanda Forever within a cast

永遠在瓦坎達的演員中

that I think by nature meant that I had to be as supportive

我認為從本質上講，這意味著我必須儘可能地支持他們。

as possible in terms of supporting the story,

儘可能在支持故事方面。

in terms of supporting my castmates,

在支持我的同僚方面。

in terms of supporting my fellow actors

在支持我的演員同伴方面

who are in the process of mourning,

處於哀悼過程中的人。

came with the knowledge that at some point I will then

我知道，在某些時候，我將會

be the one who will most likely need support

是最有可能需要支持的人

from others as the title character.

作為標題人物，從其他人那裡得到的資訊。

And I think that playing Ironheart in Ironheart has meant

我認為，在《鐵心》中扮演鐵心意味著

that I've had to show up just sort of beyond the ways

我不得不出現，只是有點超出了我的方式。

that I was able to show up in spaces prior to.

我能夠在之前的空間裡出現的。

It was collaboration in a way that I've never experienced

這是我從來沒有經歷過的合作方式。

to date because I had never been in that position before.

到現在為止，因為我以前從來沒有過這種情況。

I'd never been number one on the call sheet before.

我以前從來沒有在徵兵表上排過第一。

That experience only exists because of my time

這種經驗只因我的時間而存在

in shows like Beale Street and Judas

在《比爾街》和《猶大》等節目中

where I was able to witness people

在那裡我能夠見證人們

that I look at as titans in this industry do that for me.

我認為是這個行業的巨頭為我做了這些。

To even consider this moment as a high,

甚至把這一時刻看作是一個高潮。

I have to consider those as well.

我也要考慮這些。

My role model and inspiration is also a two part answer.

我的榜樣和靈感也是一個兩部分的答案。

I think the first part has to be my parents,

我認為第一部分必須是我的父母。

my mom, my dad and my grandma.

我的媽媽，我的爸爸和我的奶奶。

Three immigrants that came to America

來到美國的三位移民

and from the jump showed me as a child what it is

並從一開始就向我這個孩子展示了它是什麼

and what it means and what it looks like

和它的含義以及它的樣子

to create the life that you envision for yourself

創造你為自己設想的生活

while also realizing that you are not

同時也意識到，你並不是

in control and ultimately submitting the reigns

控制，並最終提交統治權

to God and letting him do what he gotta do.

向上帝求助，讓他做他該做的事。

On the other side of that,

在這個問題的另一面。

I'd have to say the late great AJ Crimson.

我不得不說已故偉大的AJ Crimson。

This is the first person that I met

這是我遇到的第一個人

that really showed me how to carry myself,

這真的向我展示瞭如何進行自我。

once in the spaces that I had dreamt of being in.

曾經在我夢寐以求的空間裡。

(silent screaming)

(無聲的尖叫)

It wasn't until meeting and working with him

直到遇到他並與之合作，才發現

that I had the desire to make somebody else proud.

我有一個願望，就是讓別人感到驕傲。

So much of my pursuit of being able to call myself an actor,

我對能夠稱自己為演員的追求有這麼多。

was a solitary journey.

是一次孤獨的旅行。

I love the hustle and the skill and the mindset

我喜歡這種喧囂和技巧，以及這種心態

and the reverence for God that my parents

以及我父母對上帝的敬畏之心

and my family sort of naturally imbued into me,

和我的家庭有點自然地灌輸給我。

but figuring out how to navigate this world was something

但要弄清楚如何在這個世界上航行是一件事

that they couldn't help me with.

他們無法幫助我。

And the first person to really help me was AJ Crimson.

而第一個真正幫助我的人是AJ Crimson。

(silently) Yeah!

(默默地)是的!

So those are my role models for sure.

是以，這些是我肯定的榜樣。

If I was not an actress, I would probably

如果我不是一個演員，我可能會

be doing something related to my degree

做一些與我的學位有關的事情

which is in human development,

這是在人類發展方面。

specifically in social and personality development.

特別是在社會和人格發展方面。

I was super into the human bonding aspects of that field.

我超級喜歡這個領域的人際關係方面。

So I think I would probably have continued to do research

所以我想我可能會繼續做研究

in that field that would probably

在該領域，可能會有

be where I got comfortable.

是我得到舒適的地方。

When I was younger, Tiger Beat magazine would come out

當我年輕的時候，《虎嘯》雜誌會出來

and they'd have like all the celebrity crush sections.

他們會有像所有名人暗戀的部分。

And as much as I loved me some Tiger Beat,

就像我愛我的虎撲一樣。

I always wanted to rebel against a celebrity crush.

我一直想反駁暗戀的名人。

Like I don't have no celebrity crush,

就像我沒有暗戀的名人一樣。

but I did have like a celebrity role model.

但我確實有一個像名人的榜樣。

And it started with watching that same boy

而它的開始是看著那個男孩

that used to play up on Degrassi,

曾經在《Degrassi》上播放的。

Mr. Aubrey Drake Graham.

奧布里-德雷克-格雷厄姆先生。

Seeing him on the Degrassi reruns that would show

在Degrassi的重播節目中看到他，會顯示

and then follow that up years later in 2015

然後在多年後的2015年繼續跟進

when he like dropped this album and was on GQ covers.

當他推出這張專輯並登上GQ封面時。

And I was like, wait, if he's doing this, I could do this.

我當時想，等等，如果他這樣做，我也可以這樣做。

And he kind of became my blueprint

而他也成為我的藍圖

for like the way that you carry yourself

我喜歡你帶著自己的方式

between spaces and applying the right kind

空間之間，應用正確的方式

of finesse for where you are in life.

在你的生活中，你要有足夠的技巧。

I don't know if I'm like fully aware

我不知道我是否像完全意識到的那樣

of what exactly the platform is

該平臺究竟是什麼？

that I have or what that looks like, but I do think

我有什麼，或看起來像什麼，但我確實認為

that I'm very excited to see what new opportunities come up,

我很高興看到有什麼新的機會出現。

to continue to do what I guess is sort of my mission.

繼續做我認為是我的使命的事情。

About giving people this opportunity to like feel something

關於給人們這個機會，讓他們喜歡感受一些東西

or to learn something, or to be changed in some way.

或學習一些東西，或在某些方面得到改變。

My dream scenario of my life in five years,

我在五年內的夢想生活場景。

I'd probably be traveling the world honestly

說實話，我可能會環遊世界。

and continuing to see the world the way

並繼續以自己的方式看待世界

that I want to see it.

我想看到它。

And to take my family along with me

並帶著我的家人一起去

and to continue to give them different opportunities

並繼續給他們不同的機會

to see the world.

來看看這個世界。

And prayerfully, in five years

並祈禱，在五年內

I will also have played some characters

我還將扮演一些角色

that are starkly different,

這些都是截然不同的。

that no one could imagine I would've stepped into

沒有人能夠想象我將會踏入的地方

after playing Riri Williams or Judy Harmon.

在扮演瑞麗-威廉姆斯或朱迪-哈蒙之後。

I hope that I get to do something super fun

我希望我可以做一些超級有趣的事情

and genre blending and gory and action packed.

和流派的融合，血腥和動作的結合。

I hope I get to keep playing

我希望我可以繼續玩下去

with the full gamut of emotions that lies ahead of me.

擺在我面前的全部情緒。

(gentle music)

(溫柔的音樂)