With STXfilms releasing writer-directorRobin Bissell’strue story drama,The Best of Enemies, this weekend in theaters, I recently sat down withTaraji P. Henson&Sam Rockwellto talk about the film. During the interview, they talked about balancing fact and fiction when making a movie based on true-life events, why Henson was willing to surrender her vanity for the role, if they like the pressure of having limited time to make a movie, if they get nervous working with a first time filmmaker, how Rockwell likes to listen to people to learn accents, and more.
If you haven’t seenthe trailer,The Best of Enemiescenters on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The film also starsBabou Ceesay,Anne Heche,Wes Bentley,Nick Searcy,John Gallagher Jr., andBruce McGill.
Check out what they had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
Taraji P. Henson & Sam Rockwell:
