Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of Fruitvale Station
Forest Whitaker
How did Forest Whitaker become involved with Fruitvale Station? In 2011, he was looking for projects to develop for his production company. One of Coogler’s film school professors from USC helped him score a meeting with Whitaker. One of the projects that Coogler discussed was Fruitvale. The rest, as they say, is history.