'I was just drenched in sweat by the time it was over,' says 'American Fiction' director Cord Jefferson of showing the film to 'Erasure' author Percival Everett for the first time.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 08: attends the "American Fiction" premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival at Royal Alexandra Theatre on September 08, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. ; Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction. COURTESY OF TIFF /ORION RELEASING| Credit: Robin Marchant/Getty; COURTESY OF TIFF /ORION RELEASING
"Percival has really rabid fans, and reasonably so," Jefferson continued. "That, to me, was the most frightening screening I did of the movie.... Percival came to my house and watched a cut with his wife.""I was just drenched in sweat by the time it was over. The nicest thing he said was, 'The thing that I like about it is that it feels like you made it your own, it feels like a different piece of art.' That was the highest praise you could get.
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