As Farleigh, Archie Madekwe brings the heat to Barry Keoghan’s character Oliver in the new thriller/comedy from Emerald Fennell, Saltburn . Shadow and Act and Blavity’s managing editor, Trey Mangum, talked with Madekwe about his role in the film , and Madekwe broke down why Farleigh’s distrust of Oliver grows the more Oliver infiltrates himself into the elite Oxford inner circle. “To begin with, it kind of takes form as you can’t serve me in any way. there’s nothing you can give me or Oxford. Farleigh’s disdain for Oliver isn’t mean-spirited initially. When he starts the film off and he says, ‘Nice jacket,’ that’s not to be mean, that’s to make everybody else laugh,” Madekwe said. “It’s not about Oliver because when he gets to the English class he doesn’t even remember who Oliver is and he says, ‘Oh, nice to meet you.’ It’s not about him, but then he quickly thinks, ‘I don’t need anything from you, you’re quite boring. I actually don’t find you that interesting, but I can probably...
