FELA KUTI DAY SKIN

FELA KUTI DAY SKIN

'We encouraged each other to get deeper, under the skin with these characters.'Д«efore hitting the small screen, 'The Harder They Fall' got its cinematic unveiling at London's Southbank Centre on Wednesday evening, with Jay-Z making an appearance on the red carpet to kickstart the 12-day film festival. So I think I ended up injecting some of that maturity. 'It really gave me a life-changing perspective. The 49-year-old actor noted his own personal battle with the virus helped him harness 'compassion' in his portrayal of the dislikeable and brutal Buck. 'Obviously, there's systematic racism that sits in our system which is going to take time to get out, but in terms of story-telling, it's a great day for us. 'The pandemic has shown that we're all human and the race thing is pretty stupid,' he said. Meanwhile for Elba, who contracted Covid-19 last year, the global health crisis had a profound impact on him and his mindset during filming. 'Sometimes when you do a theatrical release, there's these built-in biases, like no one wants to see an all-black cast,' he added, noting 'in certain territories they will tell the studios 'this movie's not for us'.' 'The goal if we're going to tell a story like this, with this cast, is to have as many people around the world (with) access to it,' Lassiter said. The streaming platform is 'the right place' for the highly cinematic film, according to co-producer James Lassiter, who persuaded Samuel of its virtues. If you were a person of colour, you were less than human,' Samuel said.ДЄpart from three screenings at the London Film Festival and some showings in select US theatres, 'The Harder They Fall' will get its global release on Netflix on November 3. women of all colours were always subservient. 'The scope that they showed those stories through was very narrow. The novice director, who grew up watching Westerns on British television, explained 'the genre of the Old West was always alluring' but that he wanted to 'do more with it'. LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz and Edi Gathegi also star in a story of revenge on the plains of Texas scored with pulsing music that features Nigerian icon Fela Kuti, among others. Samuel said he landed a 'dream cast' for 'The Harder They Fall' which also includes actor-director Regina King as Buck's sidekick 'Treacherous' Trudy Smith, and Jonathan Majors as his rival outlaw Nat Love. music,' he added, noting he was vastly knowledgeable about both Westerns and 'film in general'. 'People think (of) the name Jay-Z and they automatically assume. 'The interesting thing is he's super cine-literate,' the 42-year-old film-maker said. Samuel, also a singer-songwriter and music producer who worked with Jay-Z on tracks for 'The Great Gatsby' in 2013, said collaborating again reaffirmed the rap star's talents go well beyond music. and here we are making a Western,' Elba joked, as the pair discussed the film at a news conference with other cast and crew ahead of the premiere.

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