In 2014, while interning in DC, I got to go to a promotional event for his new movie ‘Get On Up.’
Before the event started there was a happy hour in the lobby, and everyone was awkwardly standing around mingling. (1/5)
I kept thinking one of the guys we were standing with was the dude I’d seen in the trailer, but I thought there was no way he wasn’t on the red carpet, or swarmed by people, so I just kinda let it be.
(2/5)
Eventually, I just said “Excuse me, not to be weird, but are you one of the guys in this movie?” And he was just casually like “Yeah, I’m Chadwick, what’s up?” As if him being a movie star was as normal as me being a Hill intern. (3/5)
To make it even better, the women in the circle gasped, making it clear that he hadn’t mentioned who he was to them the entire time they were all talking.
He failed to mention in that time that the event we were all at was literally for the movie he was starring in. (4/5)
Eventually some staff members had to come and ASK him to stand on the red carpet so people could take pictures of him.
It’s just a little thing he did, but I always remembered it, and I think it says something about the kind of man he was.
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🧵🧵🧵I went to Clayton County, GA - where 70% of voters are black - to hear their thoughts on Donald Trump.
I now believe the polls showing him winning record support among black voters.
“If you wanna start your own business, Trump is the man for you. If you wanna live off the government, that would be Kamala.”
“The country’s been run horribly the last four years. When Trump was in office things were a lot better…Kamala’s consistently flip flopping on policies.”
I went to North Carolina to see the Hurricane damage for myself.
However bad you think things are — they are worse 🧵🧵🧵
We started in Swannanoa, a small town 30 minutes outside Asheville. Much of the main drag is gone, while entire residential streets have been swept away.
It felt like a movie set.
It’s important to understand that the vast majority of homes in town were not considered to be in a flood zone, meaning most have no flood insurance.
Nearly every local I spoke to said they never even considered that water could get anywhere near their homes.