[The Patriot]

'I fought for him': Jason Mitchell on lessons to be learned from 'Mudbound'

11-21-2017 11:20 AM

Perhaps the most emotionally charged role of the 2015 blockbuster "Straight Outta Compton" is that of late N.W.A rapper Eazy-E, as played by Jason Mitchell. In a number of scenes, after Eazy-E finds out he had AIDS, Mitchell captures a level of sensitivity not often afforded black men in media; there's ugly-crying and hugging and intimacy. There's vulnerability.


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