To what lengths would you go to save your loved ones from the pain of losing you? That’s the question Cameron Turner (played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali) must answer in “Swan Song,” the…
) and son from the grief of watching him die. The solution presented to Cameron is the opportunity to replace himself with a “duplicate” named Jack who will slip into his family’s lives without them knowing.Benjamin Cleary
“We just wanted to spend real time talking about the things that were important, and thinking about fatherhood and family and what that means for anyone to leave their family behind,” Ali tellsabout his influence on the narrative. “But especially a Black man leaving a young, 10-year-old boy without a father — and also having a child on the way — and how much anxiety that that brings up for any of my friends who are fathers or in myself.
“Ultimately, this movie is an ode to love, and that’s another reason why I wanted to be part of it,” Harris explains. “And it’s very rare that you see Black men being portrayed in this way. It’s more often Black women with that level of sensitivity, vulnerability, deep connection, sacrificial love. [But] how often do you see that in a movie where Black people are involved? It’s very, very rare.”
With “Swan Song,” Harris recalls being moved to the point of tears when she first read the script, but the actor initially found Poppy to be a challenging character to portray. Ali’s work portraying both Cameron and Jack was equally tricky, but with the added challenge of the physical logistics of playing a man and his clone. To pull it off, Ali acted opposite actor Shane Dean, while also working to make each character truly distinct.
“Jack was always in a submissive position, and so that ended up influencing how every thought is processed and how every line, every scene played out is just being conscious of who’s in power in that scene,” Ali says.
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