O'Shea Jackson Jr.
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Podcast Appearances
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.