So about 30 years after Jesse and Tom, my dad was commissioned into the Navy as a naval flight officer. It's based on a book, right? But you also have some family history with the Navy, right?ĭILLARD: I do. RASCOE: So talk to me about how you came to this story. J D DILLARD: Thanks for having me, Ayesha. Dillard is the director of the film and joins me now. RASCOE: Jonathan Majors, who plays pilot Jesse Brown, and Glen Powell, as wingman Tom Hudner, star in the film that's out this week. That's why you can't always do what you're told. I can't tell you how many times people have told me to give up, quit. They dumped ice in the water, put weights in my flight suit. JONATHAN MAJORS: (As Jesse Brown) The swim test in flight school - they made me do it 10 times. It tells the true story of an elite Black fighter pilot overcoming adversity in an all-white naval company during the Korean War. "Devotion" is a film about the power of trust and friendship against all odds.
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