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Devon Terrell said playing Barack Obama helped him accept his identity

In a new interview with, Australian actor Devpm Terrell said that playing young Obama has helped him accept his mixed-race identity as someone of Anglo-Indian and African-American descent in a country where he still feels like an outsider. Like Obama, who moved to Indonesia with his mother at a young age, Terrell moved to Australia when he was 5.

“I was the only one of my kind, so I knew what it felt like to be an outsider and to try to fit into different circles. I’m still a very young man as well, so I’m asking the same questions as Barack.”

According to Terrell, however, the most important lesson he’s learned from playing young Obama for the film is to realize, no matter who you are or where you come from, you still belong. Read more