The actor says his beloved character is a composite of many men. After the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, Ron Cephas Jones talked to reporters about…
The actor says his beloved character is a composite of many men.
After the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, Ron Cephas Jones talked to reporters about his character, describing William as “a flawed man with a checkered past.” The actor also revealed he was inspired to play his tortured, artistic character by characters from works by groundbreaking playwrights and novelists like August Wilson and James Baldwin. The actor revealed that he researched the authors’ works to form the William Hill character.
Cephas Jones told reporters he doesn’t think a character as flawed as William would have been as beloved in the past, saying, “It would have been difficult We are moving forward and moving ahead.”
“William is a historical figure for me. He’s the culmination of the men in my family and in my neighborhood. He’s August Wilson and Amiri Baraka. He’s the men of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. There were so many layers to this man with a dubious past, confronting it and trying to make the best of his present.”
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