Morgan Freeman wanted to be a fighter pilot and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after graduating high school. But he said, “sitting in the cockpit of a fighter trainer — I suddenly knew my dream was a romanticized version of war, made by movies. I really wanted to make movies about it.” Here are Freeman’s ten favorite roles and what the actor says they mean to him. 1. The Electric Company (1971) Playing Easy Reader on the comedy variety show “terrified me,” he said. “You get to be a profile on television, on children’s television or just daytime TV every day, every day, every day. If that show …
