John David Washington on Visiting His Ancestors to Prepare for His Role in 'The Piano Lesson' | Variety Studio at TIFF 2024 - video Dailymotion

David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Michael Potts & Virgil Williams discuss 'The Piano Lesson' at the Variety Studio at TIFF.

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00:00your process of taking it from stage to screen?

00:02The process of taking it from stage to screen.

00:04Well, they're similar.

00:06I mean, I remember going to,

00:09I spent my birthday in North Carolina

00:11with my aunties and my cousins and everybody

00:13and visited my grandparents' grave sites,

00:16my uncle's grave sites,

00:17and I was really pulling, asking, begging, pleading

00:19for their spirits to infuse the decisions

00:22I was making as the character.

00:24And I went back before we shot the film as well.

00:29It wasn't as long.

00:30I did about two weeks in Carolina before the play,

00:33and I did about like a week before the film.

00:36And I had a different, I was a different ask,

00:40a different proposition for them

00:41because of the movie and the experience.

00:43But I pulled from the same grounds,

00:45that red dirt rootin' tootin' newton.

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