in the film the photograph lakeith stanfields character takes his shot and asks out issa raes character but is that how the two would prefer to pursue someone in real life on wednesdays the view the costars revealed how theyd like a scenario such as the one in their film to translate into real life issa rae and lakeith stanfield discuss their new film the photograph together during an appearance on the view feb 12 2020 nicolette cainabc news i typically just go for it stanfield 28 said if i see you and im feeling something i might as well just let it be known rae 35 did not feel the same way i like to be chased i like to be pointed at she said more issa rae on the worst advice she never took do it the traditional way luckily for the costars this is exactly how it played out for mae and michael in the photograph the film intertwines love stories from the past and present issa rae and lakeith stanfield discuss their new film the photograph together during an appearance on the view with cohosts joy behar sunny hostin and megh show more nicolette cainabc news its a multigenerational intertwining love story rae said it shows how the past forms the present were just happy to be able to again be able to showcase love between two darkskinned people on screen stanfield said by virtue of having that show that all love is multidimensional and multifaceted as a part of abc news black histoy month speaker series producer will packer spoke with the view cohost sunny hostin on wednesday about producing the photograph ive been wanting to do a love story for a while packer said i think that you look at it andits just a love story but it happens to have black people in it and i love that because we never have enough of that period we havent had enough of black people on screen where its not about the trauma of being black packer continued it truly is a love story you know its got ups and downs and true relationship stuff more get out star lakeith stanfield reveals the strangest job hes ever had packer went on to say that its been awesome working with rae and stanfield in the photograph and he raved about stanfields range as an actor hes a true artist packer said of stanfield hes got serious range youre gonna see him in a different way than you have stanfield who starred in knives out and atlanta welcomed his first child with his partner the mindy project star xosha roquemore in 2017 its quite crazy im seeing it for the first time again stanfield said of fatherhood on popcorn with peter travers in 2018 everything is brand new im paying attention to patterns in the leaves the things i didnt think about before now i can feel them its great every episode of abcs awardwinning talk show