Sterling K. Brown’s rise continues. He has been enlisted to star in the true-life sports-drama ‘Rise’ (no pun intended). This ‘This Is Us’ star will play Willie Davis, a janitor at a middle school who took over the basketball program.
The Emmy winner will play Willie Davis, a janitor at a Louisiana middle school who took over the boys’ basketball program — which was in danger of being canceled due to lack of funds — and led the team to the state championship. Davis’ real-life story has been covered in HBO’s Real Sports feature segments. Rise, which will begin filming in May in Louisiana, has been set for an April 10, 2020, wide release.
Brown’s journey as an actor has been one to admire. Since breaking out in ‘This Is Us’ he’s been in ‘Black Panther’, ‘Predator’, & ‘Hotel Artemis’ just in the past year. Now, he will be taking on the true-life inspirational story of Willie Davis.
