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Have
you
watched
The
Kitchen
on
Netflix
yet?
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Courtesy
/
Netflix
10
years
in
the
making,
THE
KITCHEN
is
an
original
story
from
Daniel
Kaluuya
(Get
Out,
Judas
&
The
Black
Messiah),
Kibwe
Tavares
(Robots
of
Brixton,
Jonah)
&
Daniel
Emmerson
(Calm
With
Horses)
and
marks
the
feature
directing
debuts
of
Kibwe
Tavares
&
Daniel
Kaluuya,
and
the
film
debut
of
Kane
Robinson
(Top
Boy).
THE
KITCHEN
is
a
film
about
community,
inequality,
family,
class,
joy,
resilience,
courage,
defiance,
and
care
in
London
–
and
communities
around
the
globe.
Our
Sr.
Content
Director
Janeé
Bolden
chatted
with
Robinson
and
Kaluuya
about
the
film
and
how
it
evolved
over
the
last
decade.
Kaluuya
explained
that
while
the
original
concept
was
more
of
a
heist
story,
he
and
co-director
Kibwe
Tavares
felt
there
was
a
far
more
interesting
tale
to
be
told
about
family
and
community.
“I
think
the
heist
version
of
film
would
have
been
20
minutes,”
Daniel
Kaluuya
told
BOSSIP.
“When
we
really
dug
into
the
characters
we
found
this
fatherhood
narrative
that
we
were
circling
that
felt
like
a
question
that
London
had,
essentially
the
fathers
that
are
not
present
—
who
are
they?
And
that
felt
worthy
of
a
of
a
narrative.”
Speaking
of
father
figures,
Kane
Robinson
plays
the
lead
role
of
Izi,
who
unexpectedly
is
compelled
to
care
for
an
adolescent
boy
named
Benji.
Because
director/actor
relationships
are
so
critical,
we
wanted
to
know
what
it
was
like
for
Kaluuya
and
Robinson
working
together.
But
it
turns
out
that
they
have
quite
a
bit
of
history
that
lent
to
the
experience.
“I
met
Kane
in
life,
not
in
the
game,”
Kaluuya
told
BOSSIP.
“When
Kane’s
name
was
mentioned
in
our
conversations
I
was
like,
‘YES…’
On
Top
Boy
there
was
one
scene
where
Kane
is
Sully
and
he’s
riding
round
and
he’s
in
the
passenger
seat
and
he’s
looking
for
someone
and
he’s
just
lookin,
doesn’t
say
anything,
right?
He’s
just
looking
for
someone.
He
thinks
he
sees
someone
and
then
he
doesn’t
and
then
he
calms
down
and
then
they
arrive.
What
is
that?
There’s
nothing
there
in
that
scene.
Why
did
I
just
mention
that
in
2024?
It’s
because
of
the
interior
process
that
Kane
added
to
that
scene.
He
added
value
to
the
scenes
that
he
was
in.
So
for
me,
because
it
was
such
a
mad
shoot,
and
ambitious
film
that
me
and
Kibwe
were
making,
we
wanted
value
players
and
someone
that
would
bring
a
world
to
it
and
that
we
can
build
with.
Essentially,
he’s
not
an
actor,
he’s
an
artist
and
we
can
collaborate
and
build
along
with
him
so
that
for
me
was
the
reason
why
we
wanted
Kane
involved.”
Source:
Courtesy
/
Netflix
“It
was
just
a
pleasure
to
be
a
part
of
this
project
and
and
just
learn
every
day,”
Robinson
told
BOSSIP.
“Every
day
is
stressful.
It’s
a
lot.
I’ve
been
a
part
of
a
series
before,
which
you
know,
there’s
like
many
other
characters,
so
I
might
be
working
for
four
days
and
then
off
for
a
week.”
“This
was
different
for
me,”
Robinson
continued.
“I
was
in
almost
every
scene
and
it’s
back-to-back
to
back.
It
was
so
tough
and
I
don’t
know
if
I
could
have
got
through
it
without
being
able
to
speak
to
Daniel
and
helping
me
refocus
for
next
scenes,
meeting
on
Thursday
to
talk
about
the
scene
coming
on
Monday
and
how
can
we
make
it
better.
Just
constantly
creating.
He
said
to
me
at
the
beginning,
it’s
going
to
be
that
way,
we’re
not
going
to
stop
writing
even
while
we’re
shooting.
We’re
gonna
continue
chipping
away
and
chipping
away.
So
it
was
such
a
unique
process
to
be
a
part
of
and
maybe
not
every
one’s
gonna
be
like
that
but
this
was
an
interesting
experience,
but
one
I’ve
definitely
learned
from.”
The
Kitchen
is
streaming
on
Netflix
now.
