Morgan Freeman: The Latecomer (May 1997 Movieline article)

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I remember watching Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader on The Electric Company as a kid. Like most people, I had no idea who he was. Freeman spent decades trying to make a name for himself as an actor. His efforts finally paid off in 1987 with the one-two punch of Street Smarts and the stage version of Driving Miss Daisy. For the next decade, Freeman slowly built up his resume until he became Hollywood’s go-to guy for mentor characters. In this interview from the May 1997 issue of Movieline magazine, Freeman describes his struggles and the attitude that got him through the lean years.