When Reginald Hudlin received a call from Jamie Foxx and producer Datari Turner in 2019 saying that they wanted to make a movie about leading Black actors in Hollywood, he was all in.

“It was kind of a no-brainer,” says Hudlin, director of Apple TV+’s Number One on the Call Sheet . “As we started talking through the idea, it was pretty obvious that there was more than enough talent to feature in this film. In fact, we needed to restructure this movie so it was even bigger — hence, Shola Lynch.”

Lynch came on board to direct the two episodes on Black leading women in Hollywood, while Hudlin was at the helm for the two on Black leading men. Together they make up the four-part docuseries in which some 30 A-listers, from Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg and Viola Davis to Denze

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