00:00This deal is done and this is cash flow by the end of the month.
00:04You're finally doing it?
00:05It looks that way.
00:07So the movie's called Selma, right?
00:09Mm-hmm.
00:10How long have you been working on it again?
00:12It's, what, the seven years ago.
00:14It's a lie.
00:20In 2014, I was blessed with the opportunity in Selma
00:23to play the most influential civil rights leader of the 20th century,
00:27Dr. Martin Luther King.
00:28I knew that it was destiny and I wanted to be a part of that.
00:32This had been a seven-year dream journey.
00:35The looming cloud was always budget.
00:38Selma was always going to be in the region of $20 million.
00:41That's a tough ask.
00:42There weren't very many movies out there that were just about black people.
00:48My mom would often talk about,
00:50you are going to walk among kings.
00:54So many people in this industry wait for permission to act,
00:57that it's not him and never has been him as long as I've known him.
01:00This is the story of the most wonderful, horrible, turbulent,
01:05and terrific chapter of my life.
01:09.
01:14.
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