This week’s Six Secrets goes behind the scenes with the stars of top espionage movies and thrillers from John David Washington to Zoë Kravitz and Angela Bassett. We’re also featuring the one-and-only Spike Lee and celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth each day in February on our SPYSCAPE social media channels. So sit back and enjoy the ride.
Zoë Kravitz
Style icon Zoë Kravitz swaggered into our hearts as Selina Kyle/Catwoman. Now the red-hot actress is starring in Steven Soderbergh’s mesmerizing mystery Kimi and just wrapped her first feature film as the director of the feminist thriller Pussy Island. You may think you know all of the secrets of the teen star who hung out with Mick Jagger and partied with Prince. Not so fast. This is Zoë Kravitz, unplugged.
Spike Lee is provocative, unrestrained, and brilliant in tackling race and class issues with style. His Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman reveals the story of the real-life cop who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan - even gaining the trust of Klan supremo David Duke. SPYSCAPE goes behind the scenes with Spike and Ron Stallworth, the officer behind one of the most incredible undercover operations in history.
Angela Bassett made Oscar history with her nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - the first Marvel actor nominated for their performance. The actress behind Queen Ramonda also starred with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Fallout and alongside Pierce Brosnan in Survivor (2015) but did you know she was also the first-ever female Secret Service chief?
From Tenet to BlacKkKlansman, John David Washington has proven his creds in the thriller genre and he’s only getting started. Washington wasn’t always A-list. He used to conceal the identity of his father (none other than Denzel Washington) when trying to land film roles. JD wanted to be evaluated on his own terms, so he’d tell people his father worked in construction or was in jail. So how’d he finally get his big break?
Get a FREE copy of a hot new thriller, spy story, or crime novel every Monday with a special Story Mondays ticket to SPYSCAPE HQ. Next Monday it's Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, described by Buzzfeed as “This Golden Girls meets James Bond thriller is a journey you want to be part of.” Don't miss your FREE copy when you experience SPYSCAPE HQ next Monday.
Halle Berry is the first African-American actress to win an Oscar, pioneering the way for more actors. As Jinx in Die Another Day (2002), she changed the image of the Bond ‘girl’ to Bond ‘woman’ - a grown-up beauty capable of taking on 007. Twenty years later, Halle is back and bolder than ever with another spy thriller, Our Man From Jersey. Here are five secrets you likely don’t know about the superstar.
The effortlessly cool star of Kingsman and Pulp Fiction is the top live-action celebrity at the worldwide box office having appeared in more than 100 films. At 74, you’d think Samuel L. Jackson might slow down, but he’s back this year as Nick Fury and shocked at how hyped fans are about Secret Invasion. We’ll unlock 10 of Jackson’s quirkiest behind-the-scenes movie moments - including the iconic role he almost turned down.
