Warner Bros. Pictures has debuted this featurette on writer/director Brian Helgeland’s 42, starring Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Brad Beyer, Toby Huss and T.R. Knight.
In the April 12 release, Harrison Ford plays innovative Dodger’s general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed baseball great Jackie Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show, and Chadwick Boseman plays Robinson, the heroic African American who was the first man to break the color line in the big leagues.The film also stars Nicole Beharie as Rachel Isum, who would become Robinsons wife, as well as Christopher Meloni (upcoming Man of Steel) and T.R. Knight.
