When Spike Lee invited Jonathan Majors for a meeting, he didn't ask him if he was interested in reading for a part in his 2020 film "Da 5 Bloods." As Majors recalled to Entertainment Weekly, after posing a few questions, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and director simply said, "You got the role, man." The Netflix movie explores the experiences of Black soldiers during the Vietnam war. The story is told through the eyes of four veterans who return to Ho Chi Minh City to bring back the remains of one of their fallen comrades.
Majors plays David, the son of Delroy Lindo's character, one of the veterans who grapples with PTSD. The two men have a complicated and sometimes contentious relationship. "David carries the youth, he's us," Majors said in EW. "He's visceral, he's a body, but he's also so full of heart and light. He's the guy who has a different experience from the other fellows."
As for working with the director he's admired since childhood, Majors told W magazine that he's never "felt so understood by a director in such a quiet way, especially from a male director." The "Hostiles" actor added, "He might hate me for saying this, but Spike has a sensitivity to him, when the moment's needed." "Da 5 Bloods," which was released in the wake of the protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd, struck a raw nerve. "As anti-racism protests continue, the firebrand filmmaker returns with one of his best ever movies," wrote NME.
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