Locally bred actor Jeffrey Wright (“Casino Royale,” “Cadillac Records,” “W.”) came back home Wednesday night to dip his toes in our city’s industry — politics. Wright was the guest of honor at a fundraiser for Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., who’s running for Senate in 2010.
Held at the Northeast home of Yebbie Watkins, chief of staff to House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, one attendee said “it was the rare fundraiser that actually went on for hours after it ended — truly nobody wanted to leave.”
Wright even observed that it was more successful than one of his first early events in New York for President Barack Obama. Hmm, could we be seeing the start of a possible successor of Obama?
