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SAG-AFTRA members are at present on strike; accordingly, union actors aren’t selling their movie and TV initiatives. This interview was carried out previous to the strike.
“I grew up in London, and I first got here to know the Cayman Islands in 2015 by a youth-exchange program. I used to be there for about two weeks, and all of us stayed in Rum Level on Grand Cayman, on this superb modernist home known as Olympus. Our group participated in volunteer initiatives, like placing on mini concert events for the area people. Very often we might host them on the Cayman Cabana, a stunning little restaurant on the water in George City owned by this man named Luigi Moxam. He is an enormous inspiration to many individuals and companies there. Once I met Mr. Luigi, I knew we might be lifelong friends. He is all the time the primary particular person I join with as quickly as I get off the airplane. He additionally is aware of the best way to throw down in his restaurant. There’s jerk rooster, rice, and plantains, this banging coconut ceviche—it made no sense what he did with it, however it had a number of onions and this scrumptious sauce on high, and it got here with these chips that you just dip. However my favourite dish was the conch fritters. They’re one-of-a-kind, and I have not been capable of finding them again house.
There’s one thing fairly monumental concerning the Cayman Islands. Lots of people go there to get engaged or married—to take these large life steps. It offers you that form of seclusion, when it is advisable to simply be with your self, and this sense of tranquility, with its seashores, the ocean, the blue skies. It mechanically does one thing to you and places you in a extra relaxed state. It is simply very therapeutic, particularly should you’re in a busy job or have a busy household life. Island time goes slower.”
John Boyega stars in They Cloned Tyrone, now streaming on Netflix. This text appeared within the July/August 2023 challenge of Condé Nast Traveler. Subscribe to the journal here.