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‘The Piano Lesson’ Star John David Washington Says Team Was “Fearless” In Adapting August Wilson’s Classic Play — Contenders London

The Piano Lesson director Malcolm Washington & cast discuss the challenges of adapting August Wilson’s play: “It was so fearless” – Contenders London

“There’s such a beautiful poetry and rhythm to the dialogue that’s inherent to the text,” he said, “and we wanted to take the job of adaptation seriously, but respect the medium in which we’re working. As for the pressure of adapting a famous play, John David Washington (who is Malcolm’s brother) described the cast as “fearless.” He elaborated, “It was so fearless because, right away, we were like, OK, we’re making our film. We’re going to pass it through our filter of honesty and truth and vulnerability, put ourselves on the line, and fine-tune it to the point that, when you get to the end, the spirit of it is still there.

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