In her directorial debut, Regina King creates a moment in history.
17.12.2020 - 21:04 / variety.com
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorWhen Eli Goree was cast as Cassius Clay, the boxer who would become Muhammad Ali, in “One Night in Miami,” he was the most prepared actor you could find. That’s because he had begun almost two years prior, when he auditioned for the role of Ali in a different film, to be directed by Ang Lee.“I started preparing by gaining weight, learning the accent, going through the audition process,” Goree says.
In her directorial debut, Regina King creates a moment in history.
Regina King's directorial debut, the film One Night in Miami, which imagines a meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) in a Miami hotel room in 1964, immediately after Ali's title win over Sonny Liston.
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Clayton Davis Regina King saw every Black man that she loved in the men of “One Night in Miami” and wanted them to see themselves. “You better not ‘f’ this up,” King says she would say to herself during the entire shoot, and even after.In this week’s Awards Circuit Podcast, King talks about why she wanted to direct Kemp Powers’ play for her feature directorial debut.
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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez made their way from New York City to Miami in style, donning dark outfits as they exited their private jet.The former New York Yankees star kept it professional for the travel day, wearing a navy blue sweater over a button up, which he paired with black pants and black shoes as he walked down the stairs from the aircraft. Once things got colder, the businessman added a long black coat similar to the one his fiancée is wearing.