He was beautiful. And he was a huge global track star. Stephan James (upcoming "Selma") will play Olympic legend Jesse Owens in Stephen Hopkins' new biopic "Race," which has been acquired for U.S. release by Focus Features. SNL star Jason Sudeikis ("We're the Millers") is joining Jeremy Irons ("Reversal of Fortune") in this true story, which begins principal photography on July 24th in Montreal and on location at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, where the real-life hero faced off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy, winning a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals in 1936.
Jesse Owens Biopic 'race' Goes To Focus Features
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