She kept audiences on the edge of their seats with her role as superhero Ironheart in the blockbuster Marvel film Wakanda Forever, but US actress Dominique Thorne will be wearing a different costume as she hits the road on Carnival Monday.
While she has a busy schedule ahead of her Ironheart series on Disney+ later this year, Thorne made time to visit Trinidad to reconnect with her family and culture during Carnival.
Speaking with Newsday at Digicel's Maraval Road, St Clair office on February 17, Thorne said she was happy to be in her parents' homeland for the first time in 12 years.
Her father, Carnarvon Guy, is from Mayaro, and mother, Nerissa Guy, is from Chaguanas.
[caption id="attachment_1001779" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Wakanda star Dominique Thorne interacts with primary schoolchildren. Photo courtesy Lynden Llewelyn, Envisage TT[/caption]
Thorne, 25, says while her return to Trinidad was long overdue, she felt right at home with relatives in Central Trinidad after her arrival on February 14.
"It didn't feel like a decade had passed since my last visit, especially as my aunt was who I was with for the last visit and she was the one who met us at the airport this time. It felt like a snapback to the last time I was here and picking back up at that same spot and getting to see all of my family. It was definitely a familiar feeling. If anything, the sense of love and roots has gotten stronger and deeper since the last time I was here."
Due to her demanding work schedule, Thorne usually doesn't have much time to rest and relax but, ahead of filming later this year, she decided to use her downtime to take a much-needed vacation.
"I was working back-to-back and there were a bunch of meetings that I was supposed to have with people in person that I had to put off until I finished filming.
"So, February was the first available window of time to have those meetings but at the same time, I had this strong urge to see my only first cousin, who is six-years-old, and I was having this conversation about coming back (to Trinidad) to see him and I felt like if I didn't make the time there would always be another reason to put work first and delay it."
[caption id="attachment_1001776" align="alignnone" width="768"] Dominique Thorne and Digicel TT CEO Abraham Schmidst at Digicel's Maraval Road, St Clair office. on February 16. Photo courtesy Lynden Llewelyn, Envisage TT[/caption]
Since her arrival, Thorne has immersed herself in Trinidadian culture visiting panyards and fetes, even attending Kes the Band's Iz We concert at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, on February 14.
Despite being away from TT for such a long period, Thorne says she had no problems finding the rhythm of this year's soca music and has even selected her top three favourites for Road March.
"I have a top three, they have to be Kes' Mental Day, that's my baby cousin's favourite song as well, Olatunji's Engine Room was also very good and Machel Montano's Night Shift even though that's probably not in the mix."
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