Kenyan actors will get a chance to interact with Hollywood star Peter Macon when he visits Kenya in September this year.<\/p>\n
The ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ actor will be in Kenya to lead a film and theatre masterclass organised by YORA.<\/p>\n
The Emmy Award winner portrays Raka in the high-profile science fiction film ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’, which was released in May this year and has so far grossed $396 million at the box office.Macon has been a professional actor for the past 35 years, and as he prepares to return to Africa for the second time, he says his years as an actor have taught him to take a pragmatic approach to his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have learnt to expect the unexpected which I think is a good thing. It\u2019s good surprise albeit strange when you get called up for roles never knowing quite what type they will be. I think it’s kind of just part of my story and my journey,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
During his masterclass in Nairobi, Macon is also expected to share knowledge on what it takes to break into Hollywood, and his career journey in Hollywood which he notes hasn\u2019t been easy.<\/p>\n
Untill three years ago, the film star admitted that he had experienced \u2018spurt of downtime\u2019 in his career.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview, the actor who became a hit on Fox\u2019s Sci-fci series \u2018The Orvile\u2019, says he has found a groove in Hollywood but was quick to admit that it took time to figure out what that was. Commercials, for instance, were a no-go for the imposing Macon, revealing that he was rejected at the auditions 195 times.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing told no 195 times, you kind of got to listen,\u201d he is quoted.<\/p>\n
In 2002, Macon won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over for narrating the episode \u2018John Henry, The Steel Driving Man\u2019<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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