Michael Jai White (Black Dynamite) talks to Bleeding Cool about directing, writing, and starring in his comedy western Outlaw Johnny Black.
resonated with me. I wanted to do this movie like that in the same vein as I did withStranger Things
This is one of those rare opportunities that you are doing with directing as well. What made you decide that you want to take control? Does it become easier when you get to wear multiple hats at once, or is it easier to focus on one thing, whether it's acting, writing, or directing? We [originally] shot in 21 days, and we had a few key things we were going to do some reshoots for later. One was that Samuel L. Jackson was going to be doing a cameo, but he had had back surgery during the primary filmmaking part of it. We were going to shoot his stuff and pick up some other things at a later shoot since we were going to do that for Sam. That didn't take that long. We cut the movie together, and it came together during the pandemic.
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