O'Shea Jackson Jr.

I don't think he needs our props. He's got his props.

You about that dog.

100.

Oh, you're redneck, right?

I was like, I know, I know who Lil Romeo is. Guys, I'm not. Lil Romeo. You go, I'm hip. I know who Lil Romeo is, bro.

You cheated. You cheated. You cheated. You cheated. You cheated. Bring her in. Bring her in. No.

You know what song I'll play going into therapy?

I'm holding it right here.

Oh, shot.

Oh, that makes me so happy you said that. When she said, you know what she was doing to me? Chak, chak, chak. Chak, chak, chak. Chak, chak, chak. It's fucked up. It's therapy. We'll be a team. Yeah, bro.

Right.

Wow.

This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz.

Dan, it is eight in the morning, man.

Actually, a funny story. The first Den of Thieves, there was a situation where sometimes when you're on a movie set, they can just not get to you sometimes. And in the first Den of Thieves, I'm really the twist of the film. I kind of am supposed to be under the radar. And there were a lot of days, consecutive days, where I'd be on set 11, 12 hours, and they just never used me.

And Jenna Thieves 1 was my first time in a major motion picture outside of Straight Outta Compton. I did an indie in between. But Jenna Thieves is my third movie ever. And so I remember calling him and I was like, dad, like, is this normal? Like, this is my third day in a row. We just been here for 12 hours and they haven't used me. And he goes, just go home. Like, what do you mean?

Like, just get in the car, go home and tell them, call me when you need me. I said, dad, that's a real ice cube thing to do. Like, I'm not, I'm not. I'm not there yet. Like, I got to earn my stripes a little bit more. He was like, no, you don't. Just go home. I stayed. I pushed through. It's paid off.

But sometimes my dad has to know there's the ice cube way of handling things, but he doesn't know what it's like to be his son and what that brings and what I got to deal with and how people think of me and really an ideology that I got to break and show that I'm my own individual.

It's just like, bro, you're Ice Cube, dude. I'm just Ice Cube's kid. They already think I'm coming to set with a posse of 20 people because they think I'm a rapper. But it's just certain things that go into it, man.

Straight Outta Compton is always going to have a place in my heart that, you know, no matter the passion project or, you know, whether I'm a part of a new movie legacy that I was a fan of, like when I did Obi-Wan Kenobi or when I did Godzilla, like a little kid, Shay, was a fan of those things. So to be a part of them is a dream come true. Straight Outta Compton is different.

That was probably at the time, for sure, the thing I was most proud of. Now, 10 years later, there's some things where, like, as an actor, I'm like, I could do that scene different. I could have did that a little different. But I wouldn't change anything about the experience. It being the 10th anniversary, I'm trying to put something together with the other castmates.

You know, we've all grown in our careers, and it would be cool to sit down with my fellas again and kind of talk about making Straight Outta Compton and that experience and how we've grown from it now.

Well, Dinner Thieves is about to, you know, that's my franchise right now, so I'm going to say me.

Oh, he got that on lock right now. I've done, like, two comedy movies. But, like, when you look at things like Friday or All About the Benjamins or, I mean, All About the Benjamins, by the way, just put it out there, very underrated movie. Shot in Miami, so shout out to Miami. But, yeah, yeah, he's got me down. I'm only 10 years in, bro. Give me some time. All right.

I didn't mean to badger you.

Ooh, bronze? I mean, bronze sounds crazy. I'll just say my third favorite. But John Wick. John Wick is so cool, dude. John Wick is the best. Like, how do you not love Keanu Reeves? The fourth one upset me. Those who saw it know why. I'm not going to spoil it. But yeah, like John Wick, he's just the man. He makes me want to play every video game I have that I can pretend to be John Wick.

So John Wick is for sure.

Whoa, chill, chill, chill. All right. Number two, I've got to go because I caught on to them late because I didn't care about the hype. But then I watched all of them on like multiple plane rides. I love the Fast and Furious, bro. It's the most popcorn. Turn your brain. Bro, watch me work, bro. That's a one.

Watch me work. Watch me work. All right. All right. So, yeah, I just turned my brain off and just enjoy the ride. Tyrese and Ludacris in space. Take my money now.

It's amazing, man. And then number one. Is it bad if I put the Dinner Thieves saga, bro? I'm promoting a movie. It just undercuts everything you've said all interview.

But, I mean, how do you put the 007s then? Because, like, do I got to break them up into actors? Do I got to, like, say the, whoa. Yes, oh, Mission Impossible, probably the greatest action franchise of all time. Mission Impossible, I got a couple of gaps in there, so I don't want to put it all there. I just watched Die Hard for the first time this year. So, like, just chill, everybody.

Because the Dan Levitard show goes at your neck, bro.

Don't listen to him, O'Shea. You're killing it. Bro, you know celebrities, bro. We always got to promote. We are scumbags.

Bournes are cool. Well, Indiana, like, you know, I caught on to that late, too. Star Wars is all over the place. But, you know, I love the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. That was great.

Dude, it's really... I wish I could let you guys know where we plan to go with this saga that we mentally prepare for. You can tell us. No, I can't. No, you can't. No, I can't. Are you going to be dissent?

Den of Thieves Saga, bro. We got big plans, bro. We got big plans, bro. We got big plans. We got big plans, bro.

Oh, I was actually filming my podcast. Yeah, there I am right there. Good Lord. And I was filming the No Contest Wrestling podcast when I got the news from my best friend, Roman. But I feel like everybody kind of felt the same. Number one, I didn't know how to feel about losing Anthony Davis.

When you have been fighting online with everyone for about six years on how great Anthony Davis is, and then he's gone just like that, just like blowing out a candle, it kind of hurt. But then, you know, you get Luka. You get Luka for one pick. And, of course, Max Christie, who's an amazing young player. It's bittersweet, but I really feel like Luka's going to do well out here.

I know for sure he's going to love it out here. He's already mentioned the beach. The dude's having a great time. He's got six weeks of not playing basketball, so he's got a little bit of rust. But I think we'll be okay, and I think we'll be okay for quite a long time. Lakers don't believe in the dark ages. Every now and then, a superstar just falls in your lap.

I know, but, like, you got one, dude. I love LeBron, but he got one. I got to go Big Shaq. And they're going to kill me for this, but I don't care. Go to Magic Johnson. How do you not have a list without Shaq and Magic Johnson? Not me. I won't do that. And then number one. Come on, man. You know what it is. I am a member of the Mamba mentality cult, whatever you want to call us, bro.

Kobe Bryant is number one. Ever. Ever. No Kareem!

Yeah, you only gave me three. If you gave me five, they'd be there. Like, what do you want me to do?

I know Magic gotta be in there. Well, like, Shaq and Kobe are in there.

Well, we're close to the end of the interview. You're gonna be okay.