Love, Brooklyn follows Roger, a journalist stalled on a gentrification story; Casey, a gallery owner and his ex; and Nicole, a recent widow raising a young daughter while entering an intimate relationship with Roger but insisting she is not his girlfriend. The narrative centers on emotional uncertainty as community change pressures personal lives. Rachael Abigail Holder reimagined the project with Black leads and prioritized casting André Holland, Nicole Beharie, and DeWanda Wise. Production adjustments included delaying for Beharie's schedule. Holder drew on long-term connections and personal Brooklyn experience to shape locations, performances, and casting choices.
André Holland has been one of my favorite actors for so long. That moment in "Moonlight" made me think, "We need to see this guy fall in love, like from the beginning." And I thought it would be fun to see him be funny and a little softer than in the other roles he's been in. So that was basically my pitch.
It started six years ago. They were out to another actor when they took me on as the director. And that actor read the script, and he passed on the project. And I was like, "Wouldn't it be cool if we made it Black?" And André Holland has been one of my favorite actors for so long. That moment in "Moonlight" made me think, "We need to see this guy fall in love, like from the beginning."
He'd always wanted to work with Nicole, and so did I. But we didn't know each other. We started pre-production in 2022, and she was shooting "The Morning Show." There was a world where we could have just recast her part and kept on going. And we just didn't want to do it. The way I describe Nicole's talent is that she creates more than just a little show; she writes multiple chapters of a story in her eyes. She's amazing.
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