Season 4 of the award-winning anthology series stars Harrison Jr. asDr.
I think Luce was a big one for me.
Harrison Jr. went on to highlight another gem on his filmography next,Trey Edward ShultsWaves.
“Genius: MLK/X” follows both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm X (Aaron Pierre) from their formative years, where they were molded by strong fathers and traumatic injustices, to their rich, parallel stories as they shaped their identities and became the change they wished to see in the world.
One thing Harrison Jr. really appreciated about his experience on theWavesset?
Shults willingness to put the creative control in his hands.
At the moment, the movie is available tostream on Netflixand I cant recommend it enough.
And then he’ll go, and he won’t even say action.
And then, from there, many sort of live videos and footage guided me also.
He began by looking for moments many might miss, moments from interviews that often exude truth.
And I’m gonna take that, and then I have to investigate that.
I took the things that resonated the most with me.
I love [that] he has this humor about him.
He’s really funny.
Anytime I think I’m making a funny, I’m gonna laugh first.You know what I mean?
This is what makes him a person to me.
Those are the things that make me happy.
In Pierres case, he found his experience playing Malcolm X being guided by the man himself.
I was really guided by that.
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