Selma March (Photo : Reuters)
Oprah Winfrey's "Selma" co-actor David Oyelowo, who also happens to be a Nigerian prince with a British driving license, recently explained why he thinks bureaucracy in the United States is terrible.
Oyelowo shared that he had to use his British driving licence as ID when he tried to open a bank account, in the U.S. Since the British driving licence had fewer numbers than the American version, the woman behind the counter was not able to help him.
According to Oyelowo, since the woman did not know what to do at the time, she simple said, "This can't be right!"
"The idea that my ID didn't fit her system was completely alien to her, so she didn't accept my application," Oyelowo told Independent.
While he is an African prince, Oyelowo said being a Nigerian prince is different from being royalty in the United Kingdom. He explained, "If you were to throw a stone there, you would hit about 30 princes, so it's a bit more like being the Prince of Islington. It was useful for getting dates but probably not much else."
In addition, Oyelowo pointed out that films in the U.K. are told with a white point of view by white directors through the eyes of white characters. This is why he was happy about the period drama "Belle," which was told by a black British lady director Amma Asante with a black British protagonist played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
In other news, Oyelowo's "Selma" co-star Tim Roth has been confirmed to be part of Leif Tilden's "Life At These Speeds" after filming Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight," according to Deadline.
