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David Oyelowo has been on a "cinematic journey" that led him to the role of Martin Luther King in 'Selma'.
The 38-year-old actor first read the script for the film about the civil rights movement in 2007 and insists that its overarching message still resonates.
He said: "It's been an incredible journey. Having read the script and had this deep spiritual knowledge that I would be playing this role at some point, I went on this cinematic journey that took me from 1865 to President Obama coming into
office - literally."
Oyelowo also stressed the need to have greater diversity in the movie industry, saying it's important that different perceptions and experiences are explored on film.
He told The Sunday Times newspaper: "If you only have a certain section of society telling stories, a certain class of society green-lighting and effectively creating culture, it's a narrow view. And it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. 'Black doesn't travel.' Yeah, because you haven't allowed it to!"
Meanwhile, David revealed recently that he stayed in character throughout the filming of 'Selma'.
He shared: "We were shooting in Atlanta, Dr King is from Atlanta, revered in Atlanta - Martin Luther King boulevard, this, that and the other.
"You go and say [in an English accent]: 'Hello everybody, I'm going to be playing Dr King' - it's not so good for 500 extras waiting for you to give a speech so I sort of felt I needed to stay in [character] the whole time."

Emily Blunt is in talks to star in 'The Huntsman'. The 'Into the Woods' actress is in negotiations to play Charlize Theron's character's evil sister The Snow Queen in the upcoming sequel to 'Snow White and the Huntsman', TheWrap reports. Theron is se...

'Boyhood' was the big winner at last night's (18.01.15) London Critics' Circle Film Awards. The gong for Film of the Year was handed to the coming-of-age drama, which beat off competition from box office hits including 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and '...

Johnny Depp "never imagined" appearing in a musical.
The 51-year-old actor - who previously showed off his vocal talents in the lead role in 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' - jumped at the chance to play the wolf in 'Into the Woods' because he didn't think he'd get the opportunity to sing on screen again.
Director Rob Marshall said: "I think he was excited about doing another Sondheim musical - that was thrilling for him. He was like, 'I can't believe I've done two Sondheim musicals in my life'. He never imagined ever doing a musical. But mostly he was excited because he wanted to play the big bad wolf."
Though Johnny only has a small part in the production - which features an all-star cast including Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anna Kendrick - Rob admits that was part of the appeal for the hunky actor.
He added: "He is a great influence and such an extraordinary man in so many ways and so kind and so wonderful to work with and generous beyond belief and he was excited to be part of a company.
"It was a small part, and that was exciting for him - not to carry the film - and it's almost a cameo in a way."

Jennifer Lawrence wants to make more 'Hunger Games' movies.
The 24-year-old actress is finishing work on the fourth instalment of the franchise, 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II' and is devastated at the thought of not playing Katniss Everdeen again or not spending as much time with co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson.
She said: "I think we're done with the press tour. I've got, like, one more thing to shoot for Hunger Games. We just have one scene to do for the end
"I'm not happy about it at all. I would totally do [more movies]. And now Liam's doing a movie in Australia for two months. It's the longest that the three of us have ever spent apart."
After working together for so long, Jennifer says her co-stars are like brothers to her and they squabble over trivial things.
Asked by Eddie Redmayne in conversation for Interview magazine if they have a sibling relationship, she said: "Yeah. We were just on the plane, and Josh was eating something that I don't like--salmon or something. I was eating my own snack and he kept eating my snack. I was going to share with him because I'm not an asshole, but then finally I was like, 'I can't eat your snack. So it's not fair that you're eating my snack!' Our security guard just started laughing at us. And we were like, 'It's been a lot of years!' "

Emily Blunt says singing in 'Into The Woods' was like "showing her underwear".
The British actress admits she was terrified at the thought of performing in front of her co-stars like Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick and James Corden but says all the cast shared her fears of doing something so "intimate".
She said: "My knees were knocking walking into the auditions. It's a very intimate and personal thing to sing for somebody, especially a musical god like Rob Marshall.
"It's why people have to be drunk to do karaoke.
"On the first day of rehearsals there was a hideous moment when Rob said, 'OK, we're going to sing now' and everybody just screamed. Because here it was, the moment where everybody had to suddenly show their underwear."
Despite her apprehension, Emily enjoys singing karaoke - but can't get up in front of other people if she hasn't had a few drinks first.
She told Stylist magazine:" I would never go into [New York karaoke bar] Sing Sing without a tonne of margaritas.
"I love Janis Joplin. Sometimes if I'm coerced I'll do Aerosmith's 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'. And I love 'Try a Little Tenderness' by Otis Redding, but that's usually later on in the night."

Emma Stone doesn't know how long her career will last.
The 'Birdman' actress - who is currently starring in 'Cabaret' on Broadway - feels "very lucky" for the "incredible" opportunities she has been given but sometimes feels "overwhelmed" because she is trying to challenge herself as much as possible.
She said: "It's been wonderful but it's also challenging and I'm going into places that I've never really allowed myself to go before with 'Birdman' and 'Cabaret'.
"I feel very lucky that I'm getting the opportunity to do it and I don't know how long that opportunity will last - I'm trying to learn as much as I possibly can in this time.
"It's been incredible but also slightly overwhelming at times just because it's so different to anything I've done before."
The 'Easy A' star also feels "very lucky" because she knew she wanted to be an actress when she was just 11 years old.
She told Psychologies magazine: "I'm from Phoenix, Arizona and it was a nice place to grow up. There was a great youth theatre where I got to do improvisation at a very young age. I was 11 when I started doing improv - and learning where your passion lies at just that age, well, I was just very lucky.
"I think I knew I wanted to act when I was seven and in my first school play."

Scarlett Johansson is set to star in 'Captain America: Civil War'.
Looking ahead to the eagerly-awaited new film, the directors Joe and Anthony Russo confirmed the return of Johansson's on-screen character Black Widow, as well as Sebastian Stan's Winter Soldier for the third film in the Marvel series.
Anthony told Sina.com: "We've been preparing for the movie since the one debuted last year. So, we've been working on it for a long time now.
"We're very happy how it's coming along... It's going to star Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johansson will be back, Winter Soldier [Stan] will be back, and Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man will also be joining us in the next film."
What's more, it's been suggested Chadwick Boseman will make his first appearance as Black Panther in new film, which is based on the Marvel Comics event Civil War that saw Iron Man and Captain America go to war over the proposed enforced registration of superheros.
Last year, Robert Downey Jr - who plays Iron Man - called for a solo Black Widow movie.
Downey Jr said Gwyneth Paltrow's character Pepper Potts has been key to the success of the franchise, but feels Black Widow is most suited to a standalone movie.
He remarked: "There's something about her that grounded the story. She's not your typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by 'Iron Man 3' she's swallowing serums and putting on suits and kicking [butt] and all that stuff.
"But it would be kind of more appropriate for a character that already was like a Black Widow [to lead a movie]. It just seems like whatever Scarlett does, people want to go see it."

The female-led 'Ghostbusters' reboot will be "a New York movie".
Paul Feig, the writer and director of the film, has confirmed that the reboot will be set in the Big Apple, as was the case with the earlier films.
Asked whether he had any intention of basing the new movie elsewhere, Feig said: "No, to me it's such a New York movie and the biggest sin would be to pull it out of there. I just love New York and, selfishly, I just want to shoot in New York."
Feig explained the new film will feature "fun nods to the old movie", but will not descend into self-parody.
He told Empire: "We're not recreating the old movie but we want to do just enough fun nods that the fans will go, 'Oh, okay, they're acknowledging that the other movie existed.
"I like to watch parodies, but I don't want to do them because they're too referential. Comedy that's too referential has such a short shelf life, whereas comedy that's based around characters will be relatable 2000 years from now because people won't change that much."
Feig also explained that his writing process has been disrupted by the Sony hacking scandal, with extra attention being paid to stop the script from leaking.
He said: "We've been working on laptops and passing flash drives back and forth.
"It's very old school. We're using paper, god forbid."