Stephan James - 'Homecoming'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The Golden Globe-nominated breakout star reflects on his transformation from reserved kid into public performer; the challenges of playing icons Jesse Owens and John Lewis and anchoring 'If Beale Street Could Talk'; and holding his own opposite Julia Roberts on Amazon Prime's acclaimed podcast adaptation. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 266th episode of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood Reporters Awards
0:14.5	podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg and I'm so happy that on this
0:18.1	episode our first of the new Emmys and Tony season, my guest is one of Hollywood's fastest rising stars.
0:25.0	A 25-year-old Canadian who anchored one of the most acclaimed movies of 2018,
0:30.0	Barry Jenkins If Beel Street could talk,
0:32.0	and who is now in serious Em contention for a 2018 TV series,
0:36.4	Sam S. Mail's Homecoming, which streamed on Amazon Prime,
0:39.8	in which he played a military veteran being counseled by a therapist played by none other than Julia Roberts.
0:45.8	The terrific, Stephen James.
0:48.4	Over the course of our conversation at the offices of the Hollywood reporter,
0:51.6	James and I discussed his evolution from reserve kid to professional
0:55.1	actor, how several fateful events led him to the parts of two iconic African Americans,
1:00.8	John Lewis in Ava Duverne's 2014 film Selma, and Jesse Owens in Stephen Hopkins
1:06.1	2016 film Race.
1:08.5	The unique acting challenges posed by Beel Street, in which Glass separates him from his co-star Kiki Lane in most of their scenes together,
1:16.1	and Homecoming with its lengthy dialogues. Plus, much more. So without further ado, let's go to that conversation.
1:24.0	Sefan, thank you so much for joining us, really appreciate it.
1:30.0	We begin with the basics on this podcast.
1:32.0	Where were you born and raised?
1:33.2	And what did your folks do for a living?
1:35.0	Yeah, thank you for having me.
1:36.2	So I'm from Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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