Judas and the Black Messiah director Shaka King recently addressed criticism over his decision to cast Daniel, a London-born actor, in the role of an American civil rights leader.
“I’m well aware of the debate around British actors playing American Black, iconic figures. But I was born in America, my family is Caribbean, and I have a South African name so I am, literally, emblematic of a diasporic way of thinking,” Shaka stated during a virtual panel.
“Kidnapped Africans ended up all around the world,” he added. “We have a lot more in common than people think, in terms of our experience and trying to overthrow white supremacy.”
Fred’s only child, Fred Hampton Jr. — whose mother, Deborah Johnson, was eight months pregnant with him when the raid took place — also supports the casting and publicly endorsed the film earlier this month, asserting that the most important thing was properly preserving his father’s legacy.
“He was a Black Panther. Mind, body, and soul,” Fred Jr. noted. “He was willing and ultimately paid the ultimate price, and it wasn’t in a reactionary way. He was clear that there was a price to pay for peace. He was willing to pay that price.”
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