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So I'm doing a thing.
Each day of lockdown, I'm going to do a thread about someone on here that I love, in the various meanings of the word. Just gonna fill the next month with some positivity and warmth, because I think we all need it.
Lockdown Legends Day 5: @Lexialex
Each day of lockdown, I'm going to do a thread about someone on here that I love, in the various meanings of the word. Just gonna fill the next month with some positivity and warmth, because I think we all need it.
Lockdown Legends Day 5: @Lexialex
Lexi is really something else. I mean, her career alone is mind-blowing - she started out in martial arts, getting a black belt in karate, and excelling at kickboxing (winning German and European championships). She was a world kickboxing champion at 19 years old! She then...
emigrated to the USA and started working in film stunts, becoming an expert in a whole new craft there, even playing Kitana in a Mortal Kombat live tour (easily the coolest thing she or anyone will ever do). And then she became a film director! The first short she made was...
...nominated for an Oscar. And then she made high-profile feature films like Green Street (massively underrated) and Punisher: War Zone. I mean... that little mini-CV alone is kind of amazing. But I actually became a huge fan of hers after all that - when she started doing...
...something even more impressive: speaking truth to power, fearlessly and at every opportunity. She is INCREDIBLE here on Twitter. She literally fights every important fight there is - righteously outspoken on sexism and gender wage disparity in Hollywood, diversity issues...
...and racism in general, as well as one of the sadly few prominent Palestinian voices in the business. She's absolutely brilliant in tackling systemic and institutional problems in her industry; I've learned so much from her not just about the issues themselves but about the...
...very notion of being brave enough to speak up when it's a moral imperative to do so. She's one of my favourite people on Twitter, an incredibly impressive person and a role model for anyone who wants this industry, and this world, to be better. Love ya Lex, keep being you x
