“With somebody like Daniel, who I just respect as a human and an artist, as Fred Hampton, it felt like I was actually poisoning Chairman Fred Hampton.”
Stanfield has opened up about his challenging role in the film, which chronicles how O’Neal infiltrated the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
However, there was one scene in particular that prompted Stanfield to get therapy once filming had concluded.
Daniel Kaluuya plays Hampton in the film and, near the end, Stanfield’s character drugs the activist.