“If you liked the novel, it’s as good as having an audiobook with moving pictures,” Samuel L. Jackson said. His wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, stars in the production alongside Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch. Ms. Jackson praised the decision by Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the adaptation, to enhance the role of her character, the Finch family’s maid. Mr. Sorkin, too, seemed satisfied with his work. “I don’t think that happened.”Mr. Daniels, surrounded by his family, recalled his reaction when Mr. Sorkin first mentioned the project two years ago.

Source: New York Times December 19, 2018 17:26 UTC