Grey Matter
Bringing Walter Mosley’s 2010 novel The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey to the screen was a personal quest for actor Samuel L. Jackson, who bought the rights to the book a decade ago. “Alzheimer’s has been a big part of my family life — my grandfather, my uncle, my aunt, my mom, my grandma,” reflected Samuel, who plays a man stricken with the disease in the miniseries. “I’ve watched them become different people over the years. [So it] fits into the real-life chronology of my life in terms of honoring all those people in my life who had Alzheimer’s.”
TUNE IN! The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey premieres March 11 on Apple TV+.