![]() ![]() I heard that before you became an executive producer on “Southside with You,” you were monitoring the film while it was being made. ![]() It’s just things that I find interesting, and I think other people would find interesting too. A lot of things we get involved with have kind of a historical and social relevance as well. We want to be provocative but to be entertaining. spoke with Legend about the film, composing the song "Start," his personal experience watching Spike Lee's " Do the Right Thing" and more.Īs an executive producer and with your company Get Lifted, what do you want to bring to TV and film? It was also recently announced, a few days after this interview was conducted, that Legend will be producing a new series on the historic Black Wall Street, alongside "Southside with You" lead actress Tika Sumpter. “Southside with You” marks one of Legend’s biggest endeavors yet as an executive producer, which will be followed up this December with “ La La Land,” the latest film from “ Whiplash” director Damien Chazelle, a modern musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. A few months ago, Get Lifted gave American audiences a gripping look at the history of the Underground Railroad with the WGN series “Underground" ( starring Aldis Hodge and Jurnee Smollett-Bell), which was recently approved for a second season. Under his Get Lifted Film Company shingle, Legend has expanded his creative prowess to film and TV as an executive producer. Not long after winning a Grammy and an Oscar for the song " Glory" from Ava DuVernay's 2014 film " Selma," Legend became an executive producer for "Southside with You" and contributed a gorgeous closing credits ballad, "Start." After production had finished on writer/director Richard Tanne’s “Southside with You,” the ambitious project about Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date received a special boost with the inclusion of creative multi-hyphenate John Legend. ![]()
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