And the Jingle is the new Netflix Black Christmas Spectacular starring Forrest Whitaker, Felicia Rashad, Keegan Michael Key, and a lot of other awesome actors.

And I talked to the director and the producer his wife about making this picture and working with these amazing stars.

Time about getting Forrest Whitaker involved because it's not necessarily the first thing that I would think

and seeing him involved gives you a seriousness and a respect level and you know he's quite often a very serious guy.

So how did you get him in this?

Well, I always had dreams of Edia

I mean singing a love song.

And so I said, you know.

It doesn't stop.

So I said, everybody would want to see that, right?

And so. want to see that right? But Forrest is a big teddy bear and I've been known

for his almost 20 years and he saw spoke he says how you doing? It's good to see you again.

Maybe we'll figure out something to work on.

I think we should do something together.

And it's very, but he's a big man.

But Forrest is a big teddy bear.

And he sits on the Mount Rushmore of actors. We're talking about chops and being able to

transform themselves and characters. I mean, but even greater than his artistry is his humanity.

I mean, he is just a wonderful human being

cares about world culture.

And I knew I needed someone like him. I needed him, not someone

like him because there's not a handful of someone like him. I needed him to ground the character

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