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Jonathan Majors talks about 'Lovecraft Country's' messaging during a time of the BLM movement.
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00:00How does it feel having Lovecraft now and your character and what you guys are your messaging
00:13giving the very current time that we're in now as a country? What I would say is very emboldening
00:20as an actor right as an artist you feel like man your work my work Misha's work Journey's work
00:27Michael's work Courtney's work is being put to good use you know we are very much in the fray
00:41you know and I think as artists it's important I speak for myself as an artist it's important for
00:48me to always be in the fray you know otherwise celebrity and all the bullshit all the trappings
00:54coming you know I'm saying if you're not in service to something you know and so it's
01:00kind of a double whammy you know to say okay I'm serving the story right in the moment you
01:05know yes all those things have already had already happened but right now we're at a really a boiling
01:11point right so to add this to the to the fray at this point it's such a I'm quite enthusiastic
01:23about it you know I feel uh as I said emboldened and I feel uh both uh militant and very very
01:33very uh blessed you know because I think that these are the things we remember you know fight
01:38the power fight the power that that that is an anthem of the time you know what I'm saying like
01:43that is art you know I'm saying like that is art you know and it contributed to the movement you
01:50know do the right thing contributed to the movement especially my boy you know contributed to the
01:56movement you know now fingers crossed prayers up knock on wood do whatever you gotta do lovecraft
02:02country is adding uh uh uh uh to the moment yeah I totally feel that I agree oh thank you
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