John Amos a.k.a. “James” from Good Timesrecently explained how his life was almost taken when he was bidding for the role of “Kunta Kinte” in the miniseries, Roots.

Amos also said that he experienced an extremely emotional, surreal breakdown moment on the set of Roots during filming, after what he explained as “hearing voices of his ancestors speak directly to him.” Watch the video clip of what he said happened that interrupted their filming process…