David Oyelowo, from 'Don't Let Go,' 'Selma,' and more

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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David Oyelowo is an incredibly versatile actor. Classically-trained, he got his start at the Royal Shakespeare company in London. From there, he took parts on British TV and in movies like The Help and Jack Reacher. But, his breakthrough role was his work as the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Ava DuVernay's 2014 film Selma. David's latest movie is Don't Let Go which was just released. It's a supernatural thriller that melds elements of murder-mystery with that of a police procedural. The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival. In it, David plays a man in a rush against time to save his family. He's quite good in it. But, then again, David's good in everything. Catch our chat with the acclaimed actor!

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:08.0	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:12.4	So imagine you're an actor like David O'Yellowwell and you're doing a movie with one of the biggest
0:17.0	action superstars ever, Tom Cruise.
0:20.2	Like every action movie, there's a bunch of explosions and stunts and car chases and
0:24.4	of course Tom Cruise does his own stunts.
0:27.3	So when his character is in a car chase with your character, I mean it's Tom Cruise.
0:35.1	Stuff gets real.
0:36.6	And there was a moment where on a slick street he had to come to a screeching halt next
0:44.7	to my car.
0:45.7	We were meant to be parallel to each other, give each other death there before he zooms
0:50.6	off.
0:51.6	And I said, you're not.
0:52.6	Tom crashed into my car three times and the director called Cut after the third one
1:01.6	and came up to me and said, yeah, we're going to move on because I just caught a flash
1:08.0	of your wife in widow weeds.
1:10.6	Oh, how did your husband die?
1:13.9	Tom Cruise killed him.
1:16.1	It's Bullseye.
1:22.6	David O'Yellowwell.
1:25.6	David is an incredibly versatile actor.
1:28.7	He got his start at the Royal Shakespeare Company in London.
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