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Kingsley Ben-Adir had "no time be scared" playing Malcolm X in 'One Night in Miami'. The 35-year-old actor plays the civil rights activist in Regina King's drama movie, which focuses on a fictionalised meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke in 1964, and was so desperate to land the role that he had to ignore any pressure associated with the part. Kingsley said: "I knew I really wanted to do it and I knew I really had to persuade Regina that I was up for it, so I had no time to be scared." The star's performance in the movie has led to speculation that he could win an ...
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Kingsley Ben-Adir found it an "honour" playing Malcolm X. The 34-year-old actor stars in 'One Night in Miami' as the American civil rights activist - who was assassinated in 1965 at the age of 39 - and admits that he felt privileged to play a man he described as a "bona-fide intellectual genius". Kingsley said: "My feeling is that he's a bona-fide intellectual genius. It's an honour to get to play a man who means so much to so many people. This is a man who put the fear of God into white America – he demanded respect." Malcolm X has previously been played on screen by Morgan Freeman on TV movi...
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Regina King felt 'One Night in Miami' was the perfect opportunity. The 49-year-old star makes her feature-length directorial debut with the drama flick, which focuses on a fictional meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke in Miami in 1964 and admits she couldn't wait to tackle the project featuring so many prominent African Americans of the era. Recalling the moment she was sent the script, Regina said: "Oh my god, this is exactly what I'm looking for. "Am I a part of, or have I witnessed, those conversations? Absolutely. But they've always been private – it felt like ...
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