We chat with Devotion star Christina Jackson & director JGDillard about their affinity to Jesse Brown's story and Jonathan Majors' own devotion to the role:
War and history buffs, here is the perfect movie for you. Devotion is a visually stunning representation of true events that occurred during the Korean War. But it is also so much more than that. This film explores friendship, heroism, and sacrifice as it tells the story of two pilots who become form an unbreakable bond in brotherhood.
Christina Jackson & J.D. Dillard on Devotion Screen Rant: What was it about Jesse Brown's story that made you want to be part of telling it? Christina Jackson: For me, it was reading the script and having the conversation with J.D. And then when I read the book, it just gave me all these layers of the love and the intimacy between Jesse and Daisy. What Jesse goes on to do is actually incredible, and to be that woman that gets to be by his side and be his heart was more than I thought I would be able to take on. It just was wanting to be a part of this because of the foundation that had been laid already.
J.D. Dillard: From the beginning, when Erik Messerschmidt came on board and we started our conversations about what this movie is supposed to look and feel like, we were so adamant about not pouring "period piece" all over the movie. We want to honor the fact that, yes, it is 1950 and there's a reverence that we want to approach the past with. But we also want the movie to feel wholly modern, and a part of that is based not just on what happens on the ground.
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