Samuel L. Jackson has spent a lifetime dealing with relatives with memory issues, 10 years trying to get a film made about the challenges they face.
Samuel L. Jackson stars in"The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey," a new series on AppleTV+.In the AppleTV+ series, Jackson plays an aging man suffering from dementia. Left without a caretaker, he’s assigned to an orphaned teenager who learns about a treatment that could temporarily restore his memory.
Based on Walter Mosley’s book, “Ptolemy Grey” embraces the relationship between the old man and the teenager, played by Dominque Fishback. Jackson, meanwhile, chose a different approach. “I’m not a method actor. I kind of do all that before I get to work so that when it’s time for the work to happen, I just kind of flow into it. Dominique will tell you how silly I can be sometimes coming out of a scene where she’s all emotional and crying and I’ll just look at her and go, ‘What’s wrong with you?’”