Nearly A Decade After ‘Selma’s Bumpy Release, David Oyelowo Says Brad Pitt Was Right To Point To ‘Fight Club’ And Urge Patience
deadline.comDavid Oyelowo said Brad Pitt, an executive producer of Selma, gave him a valuable piece of advice about not rushing to determine any film’s ultimate place in the culture.
Upon its initial release in December 2014, Oyelowo recalled in an appearance Tuesday at the NATPE Global conference in Miami, “there was this controversy about whether the film was historically accurate.” Plus, there was “the whole Oscar thing and #oscarsowhite, all this noise around the film, as opposed to what the film was.” Despite acclaim for Oyelowo’s performance as Dr.
Martin Luther King and overall support from critics and awards voters, the film received just two Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture, winning only for Best Original Song.
Its global box office total was a muted $67.8 million. Pitt told Oyelowo, who was upset about all of the turmoil, “‘Don’t worry about any of that,” the actor recalled. “You don’t know what your film is until 10 years after it’s been made.
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