Mahershala Ali’s portrayal was deemed so impressive that he even won the Best Supporting Actor accolade at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, and CinemaBlend has now been provided an exclusive clip from Moonlight’s DVD that details how the character was built.
One of the cornerstones to the tremendous success of Moonlight was the performance of Mahershala Ali as Juan during the opening segment of the film entitled “Little.”
When the dust finally settles on last night’s little kerfuffle at end of the Oscars, the lasting legacy of both La La Land and the eventual Best Picture winner Moonlight will be that they are two tremendous films.