Ben Affleck shared that he had to take requests from Michael Jordan before moving forward. the wind
World Premiere of Southwest by Southwest the wind Ben Affleck said he didn’t want to make it. the wind Without talking to Michael Jordan first.
He said, “I got to sit down with Michael Jordan, because I wasn’t going to make this movie without asking him, ‘What does it matter to you?’ Interestingly, and tellingly, he had some things that were important.”
“One of them was that Howard White needed to be in the movie,” Affleck said, referring to the Jordan Brand vice president.
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“I got the script and then I got the chance to talk to Michael again. Michael Jordan, for those of you who don’t know, is one of the most intimidating, inspiring men you’ll ever meet in your life. Will not see,” Affleck said. .
He continued, “He told me about his father. And then he talked about his mother. It was the first time I saw that expression on his face. It was reverence, fear, love, There was a look of gratitude and innocence. ‘None of this would have happened without my mother,’ she said. I said, ‘Who would you like to play your mother?’ He said, ‘Well, it has to be Viola Davis.’