Leslie Odom Jr. Says ‘One Night in Miami’ Pushed His Courage to Tell the Truth

Anyone who saw “Hamilton” on Broadway knows that Grammy and Tony-winner Leslie Odom Jr.

can hold the stage.

He can hold the screen, too, although he admits that he’s not as comfortable with it.

That isn’t stopping him; the 39-year-old Queens-native is chasing after “all the things no one would dare let me work on before ‘Hamilton,’” he said.“Film acting is such a public way to learn, to experience trial and error,” he said.

“It’s also new to me.

I’ve only racked up a handful of film credits.

Some of them have worked, some of them haven’t.

I watched through my fingers.”He didn’t have to do that with “One Night in Miami,” which matches the actor-musician with ’60s pop star Sam Cooke.

Odom could wind up with two Oscar nominations, for Best Supporting Actor — he pops out of the ensemble of

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