Rising Canadian actor Stephan James (Selma) has been tapped to play the legendary track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens in the upcoming biopic of his life titled, Race. The 21-year-old, who portrayed civil rights activist John Lewis in Selma, says he was actually offered the role while still filming Selma, after fellow actor Joe Boyega dropped out to take…
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