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‘Roots’ Co-Star LeVar Burton & ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’ Director Taylor Hackford Pay Tribute To Louis Gossett Jr. As Hollywood Remembers Late Actor
On the passing yesterday of actor Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and A Gentleman director Taylor Hackford remembered his late star and friend. In a statement to Deadline, Hackford says: “The role of Master Sargent Foley in An Officer and A Gentlemen was written as a white man. When I visited the Navy Officers Flight […]
When I visited the Navy Officers Flight Training Center in Pensacola, FLA, I discovered that many of the Drill Instructors there were men of color. I found it interesting that Black & Brown enlisted men had ‘make-or-break’ control over whether white college graduates would become officers and fighter pilots. He told me that he’d served in the US Army as a Ranger, so in addition to being an accomplished actor, he knew military life – I hired him on the spot.
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