Law & Order: Los Angeles
After spending the summer playing Nelson Mandela for the upcoming film Winnie, Terrence Howard just couldn't let go of the South African president-activist so easily. So he found a way to bring Mandela to his newest role, Deputy District Attorney Jonah "Joe" Dekker on Law & Order: Los Angeles.
"The most important part of him was his legal appetite and his appetite for moral rightness. When we finished the movie, I wasn't finished being a lawyer," Howard told reporters on a conference call Tuesday.
Law & Order: Los Angeles' Terrence Howard says character is show's "moral compass"
Added executive producer Rene Balcer: "He did the read-through in Nelson Mandela's voice. That was quite an experience to hear...
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Jodie Foster in The Brave One courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Over the weekend, feel-good vigilante flick The Brave One displaced 3:10 to Yuma as the top movie in America with an opening take of $14 million. Russell and Christian's 3:10 clocked in with a haul of $9.2 mil, good for a second-place finish. Rounding out the top five were Mr. Woodcock (debuting with $9.1 mil), Dragon Wars ($5.4 mil in its first weekend) and Superbad, adding $5.2 mil to its ongoing haul.
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