Can you talk about the germination of this idea, for you?
Jeymes Samuel: The film has been in my head since I was a kid.


Can you talk about the germination of this idea, for you?
Jeymes Samuel: The film has been in my head since I was a kid.

Simon, this is an incredible true story. How did you come to write the script?
Simon Farnaby: I was brought up around golf—my father was a greenskeeper at a little club in northeast England. Golf’s a game I love, but I came at it like Maurice [Flitcroft], from a lower-class angle.

How did you approach the preparation that went into portraying Dr. King?
After I read an early version of the script, I just knew this film and playing this man was going to be a part of my future.

New York, NY (December 8, 2022) – The National Board of Review announced today their 2022 honorees