Washington D.C., June 26 -- : Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan opened up about their characters in Destin Daniel Cretton's 'Just Mercy' and how they prepared for the forthcoming courtroom drama.
Based on a New York Times bestselling memoir by Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights defence attorney founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the film follows Stevenson's first case where a black man, Walter McMilian was sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit.
"They sent over Bryan's TED Talk. That was my first real introduction to Bryan Stevenson and his work, and I felt a little embarrassed that I didn't know about him and what he was doing before that," The Hollywood Reporter quoted Jordan as saying.
He added that the ...