Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods Star Jonathan Majors Talks About Spike Lee’s Major Impact On Him As A Kid

The first time you see a black protagonist, for me, a real black protagonist, it’s Malcolm X. Mind you, I was born in 1989. Malcolm X came out in 1992, and I lived in a black household, so when that movie hit we were watching it. We were watching it over and over and over and over again. Malcolm X was a superhero, therefore Denzel Washington is a fucking superhero. As a nine-year-old kid wanting to be a superhero, I wanted to be Malcolm X.