Regina King Says Lance Reddick Was the Only Actor She Wanted Playing Activist Wesley Holder in ‘Shirley’

For “Shirley” star Regina King, the late Lance Reddick was the “first and only” actor she reached out to to play Shirley Chisholm’s campaign manager and chief aide Wesley McDonald “Mac” Holder.

The Oscar-winning actress, director and producer opened up about assembling her star-studded main cast in Terrence Howard and Lucas Hedges, and how “Shirley” writer-director John Ridley convinced King’s real-life sister Reina King, who coproduced the Netflix film, to act alongside Regina as Chisholm’s sister Muriel St. Hill.

“One thing that Shirley did was recognize the potential in other people,” Regina King said. “Recognizing how other people fit in the puzzle to make the campaign move forward, and I would say there was a bit of that that took place with my sister and I putting the band together.”