"I try to offer as much as I can to the director so he has as much to work with as possible to create the character that, really, he wants to create in a sense."

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I knew [Jesse Owens'] name, but I really didn't remember what it is he had done, so I felt like I had to get refreshed. So I read the script and I realized like, wow, this is an incredible human being. I told my manager, however I had to do it, let me see the director; I got to play him.

— Stephan James