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Pharrell Williams Thanks Lego For Helping Tell His “Origin Story” In ‘Piece By Piece’


Ahead of the documentary's Oct. 11 premiere, Pharrell Williams praised Lego for helping him make 'Piece by Piece'.

“I don’t want to make it all heavy, but she said yes to a Black man’s story, from a marginalized community. Premiering Oct. 11 in theaters, Piece by Piece is a unique biopic that explores Williams’ life and work in the animated Lego form, a suggestion the artist made in early conversations with director Morgan Neville, serving as a metaphor for the ‘Happy’ artist’s creative vision of the world. “I didn’t want to do a documentary,” said Williams last month at Deadline’s Studio during the Toronto International Film Festival.

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