Matt Damon and Ben Affleck don't have to read for a role and ask themselves, ‘Okay, do they want me to say this word like this, or can I just be myself?' I know tons of black actors that didn't grow up in the ‘hood, and don't have their “gangster lingo” down, who take it to another level when they go in for a gangster role. And the interesting thing, being an African-American actor, is that we're constantly challenged with the duality of acting stereotypically “black,” and just acting. Is that what he was asking about, about our methods and stuff? Taye: Every actor that has been around other actors, or has studied long enough, or has studied at all, knows other cats like this who are so into, uhh, the craft, and the exploration. How long have you been reporting, again? It's a lot of effort for just a performance. Q: The intensity of the Method your characters go into for such a superficial stereotype, that of the gun-toting South Central thug. Hold on, hold on – whoa! What the hell's he talking about, a silly performance? Taye: I wouldn't say I know actors that are into a silly performance, but I know. Q: Anyhow, do you know actors like your characters in the film, who are so into what's basically just a silly performance? You gotta put ‘em in their place, brother! ‘Cause I couldn't concentrate… See, we were all quiet during their interviews and shit, and they gotta… Taye's gonna go out there and whoop some ass. It's like, ‘Wow! I was with you, but you really can't rap.' So. And when he doesn't, it's sort a let-down. They really want him to just basically rip shit.
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And so, once Taye and I take Jamie to the nightclub in the movie to perform onstage, I think at that point, people really want him to succeed. And because of that, he had this endearing quality to me. No…I mean, when I saw the movie, I found myself rooting for B-Rad-because his character really believed that that was who he was. Taye: Is that what you want to call it? I though it was hilarious. Q: What did you think of the quality of B-Rad's rap? The actors expounded on a number of topics, including stereotypes, rap music, offensive comedy and kangaroos. Lights Out recently joined Kennedy, Diggs and Anderson at a junket at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina Del Rey to discuss the film. Sensing a PR nightmare in the making, B-Rad's gubernatorial candidate dad (Ryan O'Neal) hires two out-of-work actors (Taye Diggs and Anthony Anderson) to kidnap his son, take him to South Central L.A. Unfortunately, his efforts to sell himself as a hard-knock life master lyricist are undercut somewhat by the fact that he's a talent-free trust-fund baby from Malibu who practices his rhymes over frappuccinos in the local coffeehouse.
Malibu's Most Wanted: In the April 18th release Malibu's Most Wanted, Jamie Kennedy (star of The WB sketch comedy show “The Jamie Kennedy Experiment”) is B-Rad, an aspiring hip-hop artist desperate to show off his skills to the rap moguls whom he's sure will make him a star. A white guy who thinks he has street credentials.
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