Its global box office total was a muted $67.8 million.

You dont know what your film is until 10 years after its been made.

And I remember him saying that and me thinking, Yeah, youre Brad Pitt.

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Clockwise from top left: David Oyelowo, ‘Selma’ and ‘Fight Club’Michael Buckner; Everett Collection

you’re free to say that.

I dont know about that.

But he used the example of one of my favorite films of all time, which isFight Club.

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(It was also loathed by then-Fox studio uber-boss Rupert Murdoch.)

You were right, Brad, you were right.

Its completely out-of-body for me, he said of seeing himself playing Dr. King in the film.

It was a real full-immersion thing, so I can barely connect myself to it.

Oyelowo visited NATPE to receive an award from Deadline sister publicationThe Hollywood Reporter.