O'Shea Jackson Jr.

I'm happy for you.

And he said, in a perfect world, I want you to play me.

And I was not necessarily jumping for joy because there's not really a lot of good rap movies, especially at that time.

And but the thing is, my dad's never asked me to do anything.

You know, he's just just always been a provider.

And this is the first time where I felt like he needed me.

So I had to jump on it.

He said, we're going to have to make you audition.

And I said, please make me audition because I've heard the.

Godfather III stories, you know, Francis Ford Coppola's daughter and how that went.

And if I don't get it in an audition, I'm just not good.

It's not like I didn't try.

So we auditioned, and Gary Gray saw something that he liked.

From there, he got me an acting coach, Aaron Spicer, who I feel like I owe everything to.

Aaron Spicer hooked me up with Susan Batson.

I flew to New York to work with her for a few weeks.

Two years later of auditioning and watching my friends graduate without me on Instagram, got the part, here I am.

Kinda.

It kinda just fell in my lap and I left school to pursue it.

So now it's just about making it work.