The cast of director JD Dillard’s drama also includes Christina Jackson and Joe Jonas.
“I call it the dog s— reality,” says theLokiandThe Harder They Fallactor.
I refused to take Dramamine because they didn’t have it [back then].
Jonathan Majors in ‘Devotion’.Eli Adé/Columbia Pictures
I refused to come down.
They were like, ‘Are you sick?’
‘Yeah, I’m sick as a dog.’
Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell in ‘Devotion’.Eli Adé/Columbia Pictures
‘Do you want to come down?’
‘No, Idon’twant to go down.
Because you want to experience it."
Jonathan Majors in ‘Devotion’.Eli Adé/Columbia Pictures
Hudner is played byGlen Powell(a.k.a.
“I ended up going on a fishing trip with my family and everybody was readingDevotion.
“Really, these movies could not be more different,” he says.
Columbia Pictures' ‘Devotion’.Columbia Pictures
Director Dillard has a familial connection to the subject through his father, a former real-life U.S. Navy airman.
the filmmaker says, with a laugh.
Majors explains that he was attracted to the idea of playing a military character.
“All the men in my family have served in the U.S. armed forces.
Airforce,” says the actor.
“I myself haven’t.
But there’s something about the soldier archetype that’s always kind of been with me.”
“Because he is the only Black navy aviator at the time.”
“We certainly were resourceful in trying to figure that out.
“What is it to actually partner with somebody?
What is actual ally-ship?
What does it actually look like?”
says Majors, talking about the still-relevant questions raised by the film.
It is an experience.
[It is] I’m with you, bro, come hell or high water.
I don’t want someone who’s just with me when things are easy or fun.
Actress Christina Jackson recalls that the experience of seeing the finished movie was a moving one.
“I’m tearing up.
It was absolutely beautiful to see it on the screen.
I sat and cried for 20 minutes in the theater.
Devotionis written by Jake Crane and Jonathan A.H. Stewart.
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