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Here’s how the Oscar winner trained for her rigorous new action role.
By John DiLillo
April 24

Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm in Shirley, the story of the first Black congresswoman and her trailblazing run for president of the United States. Directed by John Ridley and co-starring Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, with André Holland and Terrence Howard, the film chronicles Chisholm’s audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign.














