David Oyelowo on Why Steven Spielberg Films Inspired His Feature Directorial Debut

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While actor David Oyelowo had been toying with the idea of directing, it wasn’t until “The Water Man” — out May 7 on Netflix — that the opportunity arose for him to st…

” — out May 7 on Netflix — that the opportunity arose for him to step behind the camera.

I also remember watching them with my parents, and they were not only adventurous and exciting, but they elicited conversations between me and my parents, which are precious moments for me and my childhood. When my wife Jessica and I had kids, I realized there were fewer of those films around. I wondered why that was the case, and so I started looking for those projects and looking for those scripts. That was the track I was on.

Initially, I was going to be in it and come on board as a producer. We had already cast Lonnie, who is just so wonderful in “This Is Us,” but we had a finite window with him. We had ShivHans Pictures on board to finance the film. We had our star, our financing and a window to shoot it. I changed that role to Jo as played by Amiah Miller. I also changed the sheriff role to a woman because I met Maria Bello at Sundance, and she said, “I hear you’re directing a film. I think you’re a wonderful actor, I can only imagine you’ll be a great director. I want to be in your movie.” So I created that role for her.

 

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David is so very talented. Good for him.

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