Warner Bros. has released a rather fascinating featurette for the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic 42. Written and directed by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential), the film chronicles how Robinson (Chadwick Boesman) and Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) worked together to eradicate segregation in baseball in 1947. In addition to showing off new footage from the film, the featurette includes interviews with the cast and crew, as well as Robinsonâs wife Rachel and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, about Jackie Robinsonâs effect on the game and the culture of baseball in the 1940s. We also get a close look at Fordâs rather distracting wig and fake eyebrows.Hit the jump to watch the featurette. The film also stars Christopher Meloni, Jon Bernthal, Alan Tudyk, and John C. McGinley. 42 opens on April 12th.Hereâs the official synopsis for 42:
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures are teaming up with director Brian Helgeland for â42,â the powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseballâs color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. â42â³ will star Academy Award(R) nominee Harrison Ford (âWitnessâ) as the innovative Dodgerâs general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show, and Chadwick Boseman (âThe Expressâ) as Robinson, the heroic African American who was the first man to break the color line in the big leagues.