Harp (Idris Elba) teaches his estranged son Cole ('Stranger Things' star Caleb McLaughlin) how to ride a horse in Philadelphia in 'Concrete Cowboy.'
Staub, who makes his directorial debut, was inspired to make the movie about the real-life Black cowboy subculture on Philadelphia's Fletcher Street because he saw one ride a horse by his office in Philly in the early 2000s."It was a very striking image to be in this neighborhood," the filmmaker said.
Elba, who's also a"Concrete Cowboy" producer, drew from his relationship with his own father, who died in 2013. The two had"a great relationship, but we didn’t talk as much as I’d loved us to. When I was reading the script, I was in tears because I wish I had those very special delicate moments with my dad. That really is the glue of this film."More Toronto Film Festival:
Learning to ride a horse was another story. When it came to the actors channeling their inner cowboy,"wasn’t none of them good," said Jamil “Mil” Prattis, one of the Fletcher Street regulars co-starring in the film."It’s all right. They got there, though."
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