After Parker finished his acting role in Beyond the Lights in late 2013, he told his agents he would not continue acting until he had played Nat Turner in a film.
パーカーは2013年末に『Beyond the Lights』への出演を終えた後、彼は自身のエージェントにネット・ターナーを演じるまでには次の俳優活動を続けないと述べた。