The local teenager in question is played by The Hate U Give star Dominique Fishback, and, as Gordon-Levitt explains, he and Fishback worked hard to make the relationship between their characters feel authentic.
Directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost and written by Mattson Tomlin, Project Power stars Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback, alongside Machine Gun Kelly, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker and Allen Maldonado.
The movie has proven to be viewing favorite on the streaming service already, and one of the stars of Project Power, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, has recently highlighted his favorite element of the unorthodox superhero story; up-and-comer Dominique Fishback’s performance.
Anybody out there who’s into movies and acting and who’s interested in an up and coming talent, you have to check out Project Power just to see Dominique Fishback.”