Daniel Kaluuya Talks About His Role in the Film “Judas and the Black Messiah” Daniel played the role of “Fred Hampton” in the historical drama film “Judas and the Black Messiah,” and now he has revealed that he felt a little heavy to play the role of an iconic individual. Fred Hampton was an American activist and an iconic socialist, who is still revered to this day by African-Americans as an inspirational figure. Kaluuya is now a 31-year-old actor and has lived more years than Fred Hampton; however, playing him in a film was difficult and heavy for him. “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a directorial venture of Shaka King, and it is about to be released on HBO Max and in theaters. Daniel Kaluuya stars in the film in the leading role of Fred Hampton, which explores Hampton’s effort to strengthen the party whilst dealing with the obstructions caused by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and J. Edgar Hoover (played by Martin Sheen), who commences something called counter-intelligence program to quell all the protesting efforts and Hampton’s rise to prominence. Fred Hampton couldn’t succeed in his ambitions because of the perfidy by one of the insiders of the Black Panther Party (William O’Neal), which eventually enabled the police to shoot down Fred Hampton in a police counter. USA Today has published a report with Daniel Kaluuya’s quotes in it. Kaluuya explained in an interview that the role was a heavyweight for him. He elucidated that the role was all about lifting people, who are asleep, and in order to do that, Kaluuya had to understand why people are asleep and had to feel a sense of connection with them before he went on to perform the role. He explained that there were a lot of thoughts involved in the process, and there were a lot of things happening around him. He added that the reason the role felt a little tough for him was because of the weight with which it came along. USA Today has added an interesting opinion to the conversation, saying that in order to say things like Fred Hampton, Daniel Kaluuya also had to think and see things like Fred Hampton, which sometimes is a very tricky task. Hampton tragically died at a very young age, but Kaluuya made use of all of its speeches and especially took notice of the people he had talked about in his speeches. We can only see in the movie if Kaluuya did manage to know his thoughts or not. Daniel Kaluuya has impressed one and all with his acting. He has been seen in films like “Get Out” (check out his coffee table scene), “Sicario,” “Johnny English Reborn,” and of course “Black Panther.” He refrained from talking too much about politics and shared that he does not let people define him. He confidently added that only he knows what he is, and people cannot tell him who he is; only he can tell people who he is. He also alluded to Samuel L. Jackson’s criticisms that black people of British origin should not play characters of American origin. Kaluuya clearly revealed in his interview that he is not too bothered about what anybody says, and he just lets them talk. He doesn’t give power to people having such opinions; he doesn’t sweat their words. “Judas and the Black Messiah” will have a dual release (in theaters and on HBO Max) as planned by Warner Media. Source : Daniel Kaluuya Talks About His Role in the Film “Judas and the Black Messiah”