John Legend will step into the shoes of one of the 20th century’s most influential entertainers and civil rights activists in Bill Condon’s new film, “The Road Home.” The EGOT winner has been cast as Harry Belafonte in the new drama film centered on the politics and controversy surrounding Paul Simon’s landmark 1986 album “Graceland.” In the mid-1980s, Simon (played by Johnny Flynn) traveled to apartheid-era South Africa to record with local musicians to produce “Graceland.” (Photo by Terry Disney/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Rooted in Real History and FriendshipBelafonte’s role in the story, as John Legend will portray, is rooted in real history. John Legend has spoken about Belafonte’s work with clear personal reverence in the past.