This actor has played MLK five times. The key is revelation, not imitation.

Standing 30 feet tall and carved from 159 granite blocks, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial makes for a towering sight. But to Ro Boddie, the actor bracing for his fifth go-around portraying the civil rights leader onstage, it sells him short all the same. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

“This statue still isn’t a great representation of how big of a man he actually was,” Boddie says. “How big his heart is wouldn’t fit in it.”