He said, “I had a chance to sit down with Michael Jordan, because I just wasn’t going to make this movie without asking him, ‘What matters to you?’ His possession of a few important things was both interesting and telling.” About the vice president of the Jordan brand, Affleck remarked, “One of them was that Howard White ought to be in the movie.

The Superman actor revealed to Variety that is when he realized he needed to get Chris Tucker for that part.” After receiving the screenplay, I had another opportunity to speak with Michael. For those of you who do not know, Michael Jordan is one of the most impressive and imposing individuals you will ever see “The actor added.

He went on, “He informed me of his father. Then he began to speak about his mother. I had never before noticed this expression on his face. It was an expression of adoration, astonishment, love, appreciation, and innocence. None of this would have ever occurred, he claimed, if not for my mother. Who would you like to see play your mother, I asked? He said, ‘Well, it has to be Viola Davis.'”

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