Samuel L. Jackson worked with John David Washington on ‘The Piano Lesson’ and believes Denzel’s son is ‘good at it’
John David Washington as Boy Willie, Samuel L. Jackson as Doaker Charles, Michael Potts as Wining Boy and Ray Fisher as Lymon in The Piano Lesson.
Jackson, 75, worked with nearly the whole Washington family on the upcoming Netflix film, The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning 1987 play by the same name. Denzel’s son John David stars alongside Jackson, while Denzel’s wife, Pauletta, and daughter Olivia are also in the cast. His other daughter Katia co-executive produced and he and his son Malcolm are listed as producers. Malcolm also wrote the movie.
While “nepo babies” are often derided for not earning their place in the industry, John David, 40, admits he had to deal with the other side of it — the crushing expectations of coming up in a family that was already famous.
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