A Young Star's Mantra: 'Roles That Are Colorless'
The Hollywood Reporter|April 26, 2017

Jacob Latimore, hot with Sundance hit Sleight and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, seeks to parlay music to Hollywood

Rebecca Ford
A Young Star's Mantra: 'Roles That Are Colorless'

For his next trick, Jacob Latimore will transform into a movie star on the rise. The musician turned actor caught Hollywood’s attention with his vibrant performance — as a young man who tries to take care of his little sister by performing street magic by day and dealing drugs at night — in J.D. Dillard’s Sundance breakout Sleight (in theaters April 28 via Blumhouse’s distribution banner BH Tilt). And he’s appearing in Kathryn Bigelow’s anticipated Detroit (Aug. 4).

This story is from the April 26, 2017 edition of The Hollywood Reporter.

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