| 1 | * ApprovalOfGod: Creator/AldisHodge claims to have heard "through the grapevine" that Jim Brown, the only one of the four men depicted in the film who was still alive when it was released, approved of Hodge's performance of him. |
| 2 | * AwardCategoryFraud: The vast majority of the movie is focused on the four main icons. Given they're all fairly equal in terms of prominence, this begged the question of whether or not they should all be submitted for leading or supporting awards. In the end it was decided that Creator/KingsleyBenAdir and Creator/EliGoree would compete in lead while Creator/AldisHodge and Creator/LeslieOdomJr would compete in supporting. Several pundits noted that the main ensemble should've all been grouped into the same category instead, and the Golden Globes made the decision that all four were to be eligible in supporting at that ceremony. A few also questioned Goree going lead but not Odom, given the conflict between the latter and Ben-Adir is the movie's biggest source of conflict. |
| 3 | * TheCastShowoff: Tony and Grammy winner Creator/LeslieOdomJr puts his singing voice to use many times. This makes sense given he's playing Music/SamCooke. |
| 4 | * FakeAmerican: The British Kingsley Ben-Adir plays Malcolm X and the Canadian Eli Gore plays Cassius Clay. |
| 5 | * RealLifeRelative: Creator/LeslieOdomJr (Sam Cooke)'s real life wife Nicolette Robinson plays Barbara Cooke. |
| 6 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: The conflict between Sam and Malcom over the role of activism in art was inspired by Kemp Powers' personal experiences as the only Black writer for ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' and his conflicting feelings about inserting aspects of his life into the show. |
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