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- The Harder They Fall largely depicts fictional events, with nearly every character in the Netflix movie is based on a real-life historical figure. This isn’t a revisionist history like Django Unchained; it’s taking the true stories of 19th-century American Black cowboys and outlaws and placing them in a fictionalized scenario.
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Nov 4, 2021 · The Harder They Fall is based on real-life 19th-century cowboys, but how much of the movie’s events truly happened to the characters? Netflix’s The Harder They Fall follows Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), an Old West outlaw who seeks revenge on the man who killed his parents when he was a child.
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Nov 3, 2021 · While the story of "The Harder They Fall" is fictional, the characters are based on cowboys and girls who existed in the Wild West.
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- Nat Love. Riding at the center of The Harder They Fall is the outlaw Nat Love, played with a smoldering intensity by Jonathan Majors. Majors’ Love engages in petty thievery and seeks revenge on a man who killed his parents and then branded him when he was a child.
- Bass Reeves. In The Harder They Fall, Majors’ Nat Love finds an unlikely ally in the U.S. deputy marshal Bass Reeves (Delroy Lindo), who helps him hunt down Rufus Buck.
- Rufus Buck. Idris Elba’s Rufus Buck walks a path not unsimilar to one of his most famous characters: The Wire’s Stringer Bell. Like Bell, Buck is a lifelong criminal hardened by systemic injustice and racism.
- Cherokee Bill. While Cherokee Bill, portrayed in the film by Lakeith Stanfield, did not run in Rufus Buck’s gang as The Harder They Fall depicts, he was a feared criminal in his own right.
Nov 5, 2021 · Jeymes Samuel’s revisionist western “ The Harder They Fall ” assembles an all-star cast of both actors and legendary Black western figures from across time for a fictional story about two...
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Oct 2, 2021 · The Harder They Fall is not a true story and is likely taking a lot of liberties with the factual histories of these individuals. However, it promises to be a fun and action-packed romp and can bring some important names to greater acclaim in the mainstream public consciousness.
Nov 2, 2021 · At the start of The Harder They Fall is a disclaimer which clears up the question of whether the film is a true story, a reminder that, as Samuel repeats, “While the events in this story are...
Nov 2, 2021 · The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western. As a new blockbuster western directed by Jeymes Samuel arrives in cinemas and on Netflix, historian Tony Warner introduces some of the real figures who inspired the action, and explores the wider history of black cowboys on screen… Published: November 2, 2021 at 10:14 AM.
