South Beach Sessions - O'Shea Jackson Jr.
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What is O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s connection to his father's legacy?
Kings Network.
Welcome to the West Coast edition of South Beach Sessions. Right here, we've got generations of Los Angeles in front of me. O'Shea Jackson Jr., your father's very Los Angeles. You're very Los Angeles. You know him from Den of Thieves. He played his father in his debut role in Straight Outta Compton. You got Godzilla. You got Cocaine Bear. But the thing that's most important, the only thing that matters right now, the greatest pride that he has is his nerddom in wrestling.
How did O'Shea's childhood experiences shape his career path?
Oh, yeah. No contest wrestling. You've got a podcast and you are immersed in all things wrestling. How have you not been dissuaded of this as an adult? The greatest arguments I had with my father was, dad, that's not fake. Jimmy Snuka, you can't, that's not fake. That can't be faked.
Yeah, it's, you definitely, I grew up having those arguments and, you know, things like that. But once you start to become a smarter wrestling fan, you know what you're looking at, but then you know what you're looking for, too. If you can, with everyone's knowledge of the business, for a split second, for however long, make them believe you got them. You got them in the palm of your hand. Yeah. As an actor, I appreciate what they do because in my line of work, I get cuts, I get redos. It's not gonna be in the movie until it's perfect. But with them, it's live and they have to add to a character every week as opposed to waiting for a season. So yeah, I mean, and to go is so much better than watching on TV.
There's some things, some aspects that a television match can give you that you don't get from live, like you're not hearing the announcers or anything like that. But the energy of the crowd and just seeing people that might break a limb just for our applause, you got to admire them.
Want to keep talking to you about wrestling and we will but the screenwriter in you the screenwriter who went to USC Dreaming of what what is it that you were going to be when you start at the dream in college?
I wanted to everyone's there to write for TV and movies.
What challenges did O'Shea face while auditioning for roles?
I wanted to write for video games That was what I was gonna do at the time With my freshman year, I think Call of Duty made a billion in a weekend and I was like
You know? Your father's son, man.
Yeah, I can make you pay $16 a movie ticket, or I can make you pay $60 a game. So that's where I was headed. And then, you know, second year, Pops tells me, you know, they're taking this NWA movie series. And I didn't think that... The conversation was going to lead to my career path. I was just like, all right, cool. It's dope. 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.
How did O'Shea's passion for wrestling influence his career?
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.
So it's an accident?
Kinda. It kinda just fell in my lap and I left school to pursue it. So now it's just about making it work. The one thing that I do wish I would've did differently When you go to college and you're in your major, you don't really grasp that college is about putting a bunch of people with the same idea in the same room together. And you're supposed to make these connections with these people because you don't know who you're going to need or what as you go further in this career that you're choosing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s connection to his father's legacy?
0:04–0:55
2
How did O'Shea's childhood experiences shape his career path?
0:55–2:34
3
What challenges did O'Shea face while auditioning for roles?
2:34–3:46
4
How did O'Shea's passion for wrestling influence his career?
3:46–5:22
5
What lessons did O'Shea learn from his father about work ethic?
5:22–7:20
6
How did O'Shea's conversation with Kobe Bryant impact him?
7:20–8:47
7
What are O'Shea's thoughts on the film industry and nepotism?
8:47–10:47
8
What future projects is O'Shea Jackson Jr. excited about?
10:47–1:16:42
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