Ezra Edelman

I mean, whatever.

It's a joke.

I mean, the whole idea is like, wait, so the estate had here's the one thing they're allowed to do.

Check the film for factual inaccuracies.

Guess what?

They came back with a 17 page document full of editorial issues, not factual issues.

Do you think I have any interest in putting on a film that is factually inaccurate?

Well, that it's more like who has control.

I mean, again, this is reflective of Prince himself, who was notoriously most famous control freaks in the history of

The irony being that Prince was somebody who fought for artistic freedom, who didn't want to be held down by Warner Brothers, who he believed was stifling sort of his output.

And now in this case, it's like, by the way, I'm not Prince, but I worked really hard making something, and now my art's being stifled and thrown away.

I am 39.

What was your relationship to Prince before you saw this movie?

What was your relationship to Prince after having seen this movie?

This is the thing I just find galling.

I mean, I can't get past this, of, like, the short-sightedness of a group of people whose interest is their own bottom line.

They're afraid of his humanity.

The lawyer who runs this state essentially said he believed that this would do generational harm to Prince.

In essence, that the portrayal of Prince in this film, what people learn about him...

would deter younger viewers and fans, potentially, from Loving Prince.