During an appearance on Denzealots, a pop culture podcast, the Grey’s Anatomy star revealed that he has a number of films in the works, including a biopic about Harry Belafonte.
Williams also has two documentaries in the works, one on the Black Lives Matter movement for BET and another about the school to prison pipeline.
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The actor also revealed that he’s more into activism than acting, telling the hosts that as a father and husband, he has to think carefully about how he engages.
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“I care more about activism and social justice and law than I do about acting. I have an awesome job that I love, but there’s this magnetic force that is constantly pulling me toward activism. I just have to do it.”
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