Zoe Kravitz joins protest in London demonstrating the killing George Floyd and police brutality


Zoe Kravtiz had been filming The Batman in London in March when she went into self-quarantine with her husband Karl Glusman amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

But that hasn’t stopped the actress from having her voice be heard in the wake of the killing of African-American George Floyd in the US at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer as three other officers looked on.

With protests popping up in many of the big cities across the US over the last nine days, Kravitz was among the thousands of people who took to the streets of London to protest his death and police brutality. 

Rallying call: Zoe Kravitz joined the thousands of people who took to the streets in London, England to protest the death of African-American George Floyd and police brutality

The Big Little Lies star, 31, shared a photo on Instagram of herself holding up a sign as she stood among the peaceful demonstrators.

That sign read: ‘Dear America, I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do, Black Lives Matter,’ which was a quote from the late James Baldwin, an American-American novelist, poet and activist.

‘GO HEAD LONDON. #blacklivesmatter,’ Kravitz wrote in the caption.

Lockdown: The actress was filming The Batman, with co-star Robert Pattinson, in London when production was shutdown March 14 due to the coronavirus outbreak

Lockdown: The actress was filming The Batman, with co-star Robert Pattinson, in London when production was shutdown March 14 due to the coronavirus outbreak

Proud papa: Her father, rocker Lenny Kravitz, wasted little time taking to the comments section and wrote,'That’s my girl!'

Proud papa: Her father, rocker Lenny Kravitz, wasted little time taking to the comments section and wrote,’That’s my girl!’

Wearing a large hat, dark sunglasses and a black face covering, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Kravitz looked nearly unrecognizable in the photo. 

But, in keeping with her Bohemian-like fashion sense, she also donned a black leather jacket, baggy black pants and a white-patterned shirt as she proudly held the sign over her head. 

Her father, rocker Lenny Kravitz, wasted little time taking to the comments section and wrote,’That’s my girl!’ 

Family matters: Kravtiz's mother, Lisa Bonet, and her father have both been vocal when it comes to standing up for human rights

Family matters: Kravtiz’s mother, Lisa Bonet, and her father have both been vocal when it comes to standing up for human rights

Derek Chauvin, who was seen in videos pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder.

He was previously charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. 

The three other officers — Thomas K. Lane, Tou Thao, and J. Alexander Kueng — at the scene of the killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. 

Taking a stand: Protestors marched into Hyde Park in London on Wednesday in protest of the killing of George Floyd in the US and police brutality

Taking a stand: Protestors marched into Hyde Park in London on Wednesday in protest of the killing of George Floyd in the US and police brutality

Kravitz is still awaiting word on when production and filming of The Batman, which she will play Catwoman, will pickup again.  

The superhero franchise re-boot, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman, has also had its premiere date pushed back from June 25, 2021 to October 1, 2021.

After months in the UK, the actress told Vanity Fair that she deeply misses her father and mother, actress Lisa Bonet, who have both been self-isolating in the US. 

‘First I will go hug all of my family and friends,’ she said when asked what she will do when the pandemic is over. ‘Then I will go to Emilio’s Ballato and eat a scary amount of pasta.’    

Sequestered: Kravitz has been quarantined in London amid the COVID-19 pandemic wit husband Karl Glusman: the couple are pictured in February 2019

Sequestered: Kravitz has been quarantined in London amid the COVID-19 pandemic wit husband Karl Glusman: the couple are pictured in February 2019