Leslie Odom Jr explains why he initially turned down One Night In Miami

Leslie Odom Jr in One Night In Miami (Patti Perret/Amazon Studios)

Leslie Odom Jr has explained why he initially turned down the role of singer Sam Cooke in One Night In Miami.

The actor and singer, best known for originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway production of Hamilton, says he said no to the chance to play the A Change Is Gonna Come musician in the film that imagines the meeting between Cooke, Malcolm X, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown in 1964, because he feared he would do a bad job.