The film portraying the true story of Yale alum Robert Peace who resorted to drug dealing to aid his father’s legal woes was stalled in 2020, but Mary J. Blige stood by the project.
Mary J was one of the few cast members and remained committed for two years until filming resumed. In discussing with Variety, Ejiofor emphasized Blige’s role as Jackie Peace, Robert’s mother, as vital to reviving the project. Ejiofor’s new directorial piece, adapted from Jeff Hobbs’s book “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace,” also features Ejiofor himself as Robert’s father, Skeet.