Stephan James: "Jesse Owen lebih besar dari pahlawan hitam, dia adalah...

"Jesse Owen lebih besar dari pahlawan hitam, dia adalah pahlawan Amerika. Bagi saya, saya melihatnya dari sudut pandang itu. Melalui penelitian saya, saya jelas belajar banyak, yang banyak di antaranya membuat saya sedih, kecewa, kecewa dan bahkan marah, mengenai apa yang harus dialami Jesse. Tidak hanya dia seorang pria kulit hitam di Amerika selama zaman ketegangan dan pemisahan ras yang tinggi, tetapi dia juga hidup di tengah-tengah Depresi Hebat - itu adalah masa-masa yang sangat sulit baginya dan keluarganya."

--- Stephan James

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Jesse Owen was bigger than a black hero, he was an American hero. For me, I looked at it from that perspective. Through my research, I obviously learned a lot, much of which made me sad, upset, disappointed and even angry, regarding what Jesse had to go through. Not only was he a black man in America during an age of high racial tension and segregation, but he was also living in the middle of the Great Depression - it was very difficult times for him and his family.