you for coming up what has been surrounding these favored role to date a new show a clip of so ben kingsley talking about our guest from when he was here just a few weeks ago don't go away. for we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on offense period dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful ready to kill time to sit down and talk. back with saran that way tony will start with ian mckellen in the dresser it premieres may 30th on stars you'll be seeing him in a movie with ray liotta called black way and of course he's in the west world series so ben kingsley was he had not long ago you 2 recently did a film together what was it like working with him was terrific we only had one scene together wonderful wonderful actor let me show you and i asked him this watch what he said last time you were starstruck. tony hopkins. sitting opposite me at a table in a film about to come out called collide and i had my 1st scene with with terry hopkins and slices in close to a volcano. which went to

in 20 o 5 a remake of the made for tv movie with annette bening and ben kingsley. harris wrote one book called "stranger in two worlds." she talks about her life before and after trial. she filed a lawsuit about that book. in the 1980s people who were in prison for crimes couldn't profit off their crimes via a book. anything you got for writing your book had to go into a fund for the victims who filed lawsuits against you. it was called the son of sam law. somebody in here wrote about the son of sam in one of their papers. he was a serial killer and he tried to write a book. new york didn't want him to make any profit off it. jean harris' proceeds from this were going into a trust for the victim's family. the victim's family said we don't want the money. jean harris said i don't want the money either. i want it to go to this program i'm working on. while in prison she started working with pregnant women in prison to help them become better mothers. she convinced her prison to start basically this child center so that if your mother gave birth to you in jail, you co

fellow brit kingsley ben a mere shines a smell comics and one night in miami playing the civil rights leader as they contemplate an intellectual you know a good question what's on the agenda. this would be one of which is for us to reflect on what's happened that night. there's no denying that great of forces were at work. you know. no one else is coming the rest assured my brother in law missing. irish newcomer claire dunn makes her mark with herself as a mother trying to escape an abusive partner which done also wrote the screenplay. i want to give you the lab and lend you the money to build your house. he can i can you can pay me back over as many years as if we decide. what do you say. it's not a yes. i don't see what's going to. lead to that after strong. growth problems. american sidney flanagan was working as a janitor before being cast in the never really sometimes always nice girl who travels from rural pennsylvania to new york to get an abortion. judging by her quietly stunning performance she's definitely a talent to watch in 2021. a selection made there by our film guru sc

fellow brit kingsley ben a mere shines a smell comics in one night in miami playing the civil rights leader as they contemplate an intellectual good question what's on the agenda. this would be one of which is for us to reflect on what's happened that night whether there's no denying that greater forces were work. you know. no one else is coming the rest assured my brother and i'm missing anything. irish newcomer claire dunn makes her mark with herself as a mother trying to escape an abusive partner which done also wrote the screenplay. i want to give you the last leg get the money to build your house. the smarts he can i can you can pay me back oprah's many years is as we decide. what do you say. it's not a yes. i don't see why it's also that. i would say that after. problem. american sidney flanagan was working as a janitor before being cast in never rarely sometimes always has a girl who travels from pennsylvania to new york to get an abortion. judging by her quietly stunning performance she's definitely a talent to watch in 2021. a selection made there by our film guru scott ross

malcolm x, the charismatic black nationalist leader and minister of the nation of islam, played by kingsley bend ali that night. it was used for a scene in the film. what actually happened that night, though, was imagined by writer kemp powers, first in his 2013 play, "one night in miami," now as the film's screenwriter. >> they were significant then. they're significant now. and, one can't help but wonder what a group like that might discuss if gathered together in a room. i mean, who wouldn't want to be a fly on the wall? >> brown: all were at personal or professional crossroads, having reached unimagined heights, but facing doubts about the way forward. >> when the play was first produced, i was actually older, at 40, than all the men in that room. and that really struck me, because we think of these men doing amazing, transformative things with the benefit of age and wisdom. but the reality is, they were young and, in many cases, they didn't know what they were doing, and they were often taking leaps of faith and believing in themselves. >> brown: also challenging each other-- does economic

kingsley ben-adir plays malcolm x. eli gore ray plays cassius clay, leslie odom jr.at these were -- they were embodying these men, you know, this is -- this is -- i wanted actors that understood that but also weren't scared to walk in the shoes of greats, of the greatest, you know. and they did and their performances are just breathtaking. i know that i'm the director and i'm supposed to say that but i'm saying it as an audience member, as a fan, they just truly gave it everything they had and just left it on the floor and i just got to be a fifth wheel to witness that up close and personal. >> they had equally eye praise about you, you should know that. equally high praise. >> we know this movie is as timely as ever, regina so what do you hope -- what do you want the viewer to walk away with? >> you know, it's interesting. there are a few hopes, you know, just as far as just for us, i hope that our men can see this and see themselves in this film and see themselves debating healt healthily, loving on each other and celebrating each other. also as far as just everyon