“Joel wasn’t a foregone conclusion, in terms of financing…There were several
“Joel wasn’t a foregone conclusion, in terms of financing…There were several people that had questions about that and I just kept saying, ‘Ah, look, he’s Richard. He’s gonna do an amazing job in this part. You just have to trust me.’“– ‘Loving’ writer/director Jeff Nichols recalling how he had to fight studio heads and producers to cast Joel Edgerton as Richard Loving when they said they wanted a more well-known, 'bankable' movie star in the role -- source link
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