(jazz trumpet playing)
- That's to get the people's attention!
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- I'm a friend and a fan.
I think he's absolutely a terrific actor.
- I ain't like you, Cutler.
I got talent!
(scoffing)
Me and this horn... we's tight!
If my daddy had knowed I was gonna turn out like this,
he would've named me Gabriel.
(scoffing)
I'm gonna get me a band and make me some records.
- Chad's obviously a very, very, very, very talented man.
A real gentle, articulate individual.
- He has that big smile of his
that always seems a little sly,
like he's got a secret about you in some way.
- This is my second time working with him,
cause I played his mother in "Get On Up."
And even at that time, I kept saying,
"You're my baby, Chadwick," you know.
And he's like, "Oh yeah, I know, I know, whatever."
(laughs)
- He truly learned to play.
I think everyone was like,
"Oh, that's what you're doing, Chad?
"Okay, now I'm gonna learn, too."
- We were all staying in the same hotel.
It started sounding like, you know, a music school.
You get off the elevator, you could hear--
(laughs) You could hear Chadwick, you know.
He was working on it.
It made you say, "Hey, I don't wanna practice right now,
"but I better gotta start practicing."
- I love that he's like, "Yeah, I'm gonna challenge you.
"We're gonna challenge each other."
- Is it better than my version?
That's what I wanna know.
- I ain't saying it's better than my version.
- Is Levee's version better?
Levee's-- Levee's-- - It's been about the work.
It's not been about any type of ego whatsoever.
- Know what I'm saying? - Okay.
- I mean, come on.
Chadwick is a big ol' star.
- And Chad is always like,
"Hey, let's just get into the telling of the story."
- You don't know nothing about what kind of blood I got!
What kind of heart I got beating here!
- He met the words and the spirit of Levee,
the spirit of the story.
The stakes of the story totally entered his body.
- Come on!
- I'm happy that I got to be a part
of sharing his genius with the world.
And he's a man among men, in my opinion.
- Absolutely 100% a joy to work with.
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