We finally managed to catch Don Cheadle‘s passion project Miles Ahead here at the Berlin Film Festival last night, and while we will have a full review hitting the website tonight, we can tell you that it’s excellent.
Cheadle is in town to promote the movie, and both he and co-star Emayatzy Corinealdi, who plays the wife of Miles Davis, Frances, in the film, both took part in the press conference for the movie this afternoon.
At the conference, the actor/ director/ writer/ producer spoke about how he first came into contct with the music of Miles Davis
“I was fortunate enough to bump into this [Miles Davis] music when I was ten years old, because it was the music that my parents listened to,” he said. “It was the soundtrack to my life. I started playing the saxophone in fifth grade, and played in different groups; playing parties etc.”
The big question, and you’ll get this when you see the movie, is if Cheadle learned to play the trumpet for the part.
“I wanted to do Miles Davis,” he adds. “I wanted to be in the skin of Miles Davis and do with my craft what he did with his. Playing a trumpet was something else that was important, I wanted to learn to play. I wanted to be at some point at the same point that as he was at some point. It was important for me to get that down. I still play everyday – this motherfucker of an instrument.”
Check out some images below, and look out for our review later this evening.
