Leslie Odom Jr. brings a Black perspective to 'The Sopranos' universe in “The Many Saints of Newark.' “I saw a lot of my grandfather in Harold. And so when I look at the film, I feel like I can see pieces of him and glimpses of him,' he says. - NBCBLK
But for the actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr., who describes himself as a “card-carrying member” of “The Sopranos” fan club, “The Many Saints of Newark,” which premiered Friday, also expands the universe of the New Jersey-based crime family with a Black perspective.
Odom plays Harold McBrayer, who starts out as a numbers runner for Dickie Moltisanti — the mobster, uncle and mentor of a teenage Tony Soprano . And he says that his character represents one of 6 million Black people, who like his grandfather, moved to big cities in the North and the West from rural communities in the South during the Great Migration in the 20th century.
Leslie Odom Jr. as Harold McBrayer and Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti in "The Many Saints of Newark."Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson compares the Great Migration in her 2010 book “The Warmth of Other Suns” with the movements of refugees who travel great distances to escape oppression.
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