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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Star David Oyelowo on the Character’s Branding: It Represents the ‘Juxtaposition of the Beauty and the Violence’
"Lawmen: Bass Reeves" artisans discuss why showing the branding was important to the series.
David Oyelowo plays the title character in “ Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the true story of a man who escaped enslavement and went on to become one of the first U.S. Deputy Marshals. Oyelowo continued, “Seeing a brand saying RVS (Reeves) on his back in a tender moment when he’s about to make love to his wife or when he’s having fun fishing for catfish; the juxtaposition of the beauty and the violence is something that we really worked on. Isis Mussenden did extensive research in designing the costumes for “Bass Reeves.” Her most valuable resource was a Time Warner book series about farmers, pioneer women and the Civil War.
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