Mm-hmm.

So I was in a, in a tough place, but I, but I've, through my faith and my belief in God and, and the purpose that I have, I've f- I've learned to take those rejections and know I have purpose and, and know that the right ones for me are gonna be there.

Well, the next day, the right one came.

Like, I got a call from my agents at the time and, and they said, "Man, it's a project, it's a role for you.

I think it's great.

We, we want you to read it.

Um, it's, Apple is doing it." And next thing I know, I started reading, and I was like, "Man, this is really good writing." The writing was incredible.

And how does that affect how you approach it?

[laughs]

"This dude's asleep," but he was still, like, you know? [laughs] Like, so, so, um, it's that type of commitment.

Um, like, I, I was just telling someone about how Miss Lauryn Hill, man, like she was in the height of Fugees, and she came and worked on a song for me, um, and, like, it was called Retrospect for Life on my third album.

She, like, really worked with me to get this song to the highest level.

Um, we both were diligent in making sure it was, it was gonna be as great as possible, and it was a very serious song.

It was about abortion, and we went through different ideas, and she came to the studio, and, and this is the, the height of The Fugees and the bus- and, you know, like, she was one of the busiest people in the world, but she came and worked.

And then direc- and then directed the video and made sure all these details were right.

Do you mind telling me how you were affected by it? Like, were you affected by it because these legends are here in real life, th- I'm affected-

Mm-hmm

... anymore.

So now he's trying to find what truth is, and his wife is not there for him.

Um, so all he has is to be able to try to figure out, like, what is his true feelings about and true thoughts, and understanding about what truth is, and continue to ha- be motivated to protect his, his son, while still loving his wife even though they, their marriage is in a disarray.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, no, for sure.

Like, the, like, that was for me one of the, the things as an actor to get to, was like, okay, we in this sci-fi world, but it's really a mystery.

It's, it's drama.

Mais quand vous avez lu ce personnage, vous avez dit, je veux

faire ça.

Oui.

Qu'est-ce que c'était ? C'est parce que je pense qu'en faisant de l'acte, tu peux explorer l'humanité d'une manière que tu ne le fais pas normalement.

Robert Simms est un personnage qui travaille pour le gouvernement.

Il est comme sur le côté des pouvoirs qui sont.

Ce n'est pas moi, ce n'est pas Rashid, ce n'est pas common.

Pourquoi est-ce important de montrer ce côté ?

And her husband, Sims, played by Common,

has an awakening.

Basically, you find Sims in a place where everything he believed in and what he identified himself to be is now gone.

And he's trying to reconfigure himself without the support of his wife, who was the rock for him during these type of times.