\n\t\u201cClarissa,\u201d which premieres on Dec. 11, is a modern-day reimagining of Virginia Woolf\u2019s \u201cMrs Dalloway\u201d set in Lagos Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cHaving so many people from the diaspora on one screen, in one setting and also filmed completely on the continent is incredibly rare. To be a part of it is so special,\u201d Amarteifio said. \u201cEspecially for the present-day cast. They\u2019ve all known each other for decades working in the industry and have never actually been able to be in one project together.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tIndia Amarteifio and Toheeb Jimoh<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLexie Moreland\/WWD<\/p>\n
\n\tFilming took place in Lagos, Nigeria, which was a first for many of the cast to be able to work on the continent.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI had an amazing time. It felt almost like a homecoming for me,\u201d Amarteifio added. \u201cI\u2019m not Nigerian \u2014 I\u2019m half English and half Ghanaian \u2014 but being in West Africa felt incredibly warm and communal. I felt very welcomed. The setting the environment, the culture, the food \u2014 I was completely immersed taking in my surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAmarteifio, who starred as Queen Charlotte in Shonda Rhimes\u2019 \u201cBridgerton\u201d spin-off \u201cQueen Charlotte,\u201d said if she were to assume the role of queen again, her tea party would be a more eccentric and unconventional experience.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSelf-expression. Just do something that\u2019s different and against the grain,\u201d she said. \u201cSomething you wouldn\u2019t immediately think of when it came to a tea party, see what you came up with.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tCarrie Preston<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLexie Moreland\/WWD<\/p>\n
\n\tHer \u201cClarissa\u201d costar Jimoh also strays from the norm for his beverage rituals.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019m not really a big tea drinker. I mean, Moroccan mint tea is one that I will do,\u201d the actor said. \u201cI went to Morocco earlier this year and I\u2019m obsessed with that one. I\u2019ll take a hot chocolate if I have to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIf someone tries to force me to have some tea, you might hear some kerfuffle in the back,\u201d he added. \u201cIf you hear someone screaming and shouting, it\u2019s me.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tJimoh also stars in the upcoming film adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson\u2019s critically acclaimed book \u201cOpen Water,\u201d which is a love story set in South East London.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI can\u2019t wait for people to see it. We literally wrapped two weeks ago and I hope they hurry up in the edit because I can\u2019t wait to watch it,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like it.\u201d <\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tJohn Turturro<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLexie Moreland\/WWD<\/p>\n
\n\tPreston also made an appearance on the carpet with season four of her show \u201cElsbeth\u201d premiering next week. The comedy drama is a spinoff of \u201cThe Good Wife\u201d and \u201cThe Good Fight\u201d and follows Elsbeth Tascioni, an attorney turned detective.<\/p>\n
\n\tPreston humbly denounced any potential of her own sleuthing skills in real life. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI think I can solve how to learn all the lines,\u201d she said with a chuckle. \u201cIf I was to have to solve an actual murder, I don\u2019t think you would want me to be doing that. Luckily I play a character who\u2019s really good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe evening continued with skyline views from the 36th floor of the Mandarin Oriental and a spread of tea and finger foods to snack on, though many of the guests opted for champagne instead of earl gray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You never know when your red carpet might flood and you end up at a tea party. On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,8368],"class_list":["post-365146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}