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Brian Tyree Henry on Bringing the Story of Boxer Claressa Shields to the Screen in 'The Fire Inside' | Variety Studio at TIFF 2024
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9/7/2024
Director Rachel Morrison and actors Bryan Tyree Henry and Ryan Destiny discuss 'The Fire Inside' at the Variety Studio at TIFF.
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For me, it truly started with the story, you know, the story of Clarissa Shields is one
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that I don't think many of us knew.
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And I was very upset about that, like I couldn't believe that here you have this two-time gold
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medalist female black boxer from Flint, Michigan that, you know, isn't getting, you know, the
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front covers or isn't being heralded as like one of the greatest champs of all time.
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And so for me that, it started upsetting and I really wanted to make sure that, you know,
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we told the story in a way that felt genuine and true to her, which I knew we were because
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Rachel was attached to it.
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And then the second part was Ryan, immediately when I saw that she was a part of it, I was
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incredibly excited and was like, oh, I cannot wait to see what she's going to do.
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And to see her step into this part, because it is a biopic and I was also intrigued by
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that because, you know, to play somebody that's living, breathing this real true to
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life story, I hadn't done before.
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And you know, I think every actor wants to challenge themselves, you know, any actor
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worth their weight in salt wants to find the next thing, wants to find a different way
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to transition into the next chapter.
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And so I felt like, you know, biopic was something that I was afraid of, but I was like, the
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fear came out of like true excitement and intrigue.
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And once I saw that Rachel was at the helm of it, you know, like this historic champion
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first female Academy Award cinematographer in history, I was like, well, there's a theme
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here.
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There's a theme with this story that I really want to be a part of.
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And once I got to know the story of Clarissa and Jason, her coach, it was just a no brainer.
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It just seemed like a story that, like you said, we had never seen before.
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It had never been told, we'd never seen before.
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And I just knew that with Rachel's eye, it was going to be something incredibly visually
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stunning, but also lots of pride and heart to it.
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So, you know, like I said, these two women were the biggest sell for me.
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