12 Years A Slave’ Director Steve McQueen Remembers Michael K. Williams: ‘He Lifted Everybody’ On Set

By Monique Jones, Shadow and Act

Director Steve McQueen has opened up about working with Michael K. Williams on 12 Years a Slave in light of Williams’ passing.

“…The thing about Michael: [in] every take, he gave everything. He didn’t leave anything behind,” he continued. “…Unbelievable. That scene when the three of them [characters Robert, Solomon Northup and Clemens Ray] are talking about a mutiny would not have been that scene if he hadn’t been in it. He wasn’t in the film for that long, but he made a huge impression. I’m sorry that I didn’t get a chance to work with him again, to be honest with you. He was amazing. Incredible.”

Williams died Sept. 6 in his New York apartment; the cause of death has yet to be disclosed. Many of Williams’ co-stars have written tributes to him, including Jonathan Majors, Courtney B. Vance, and Jurnee Smollett.

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