A$AP Rocky nearly was a part of the “Star Wars” franchise. The musician/actor informed Selection that he auditioned to play Lando Calrissian, presumably for 2018 prequel movie “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” Donald Glover, one other rapper/actor, was forged as a substitute.
“I auditioned for ‘Star Wars’ — for Lando — and my audition was trash. I used to be trash that day,” A$AP Rocky mentioned. “My man Infantile Gambino [Donald Glover] was a method higher Lando than I might’ve supplied at the moment. And I feel he appeared a bit of extra like [original actor Billy Dee Williams] than me.”
When requested if he would audition once more for a “Star Wars” movie, although, A$AP Rocky added, “Hell, yeah.”
A$AP Rocky is poised to have a breakout appearing yr with two A24 movies: Spike Lee’s highly-anticipated “Highest 2 Lowest” and Sundance hit “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” a movie that A$AP Rocky mentioned is “for all of the mothers the world over.”
A$AP Rocky famous that he considers himself to be a “Methodology actor,” as exemplified particularly whereas filming “Highest 2 Lowest” alongside Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright. “It’s being alone in your trailer, wanting within the mirror, embodying that individual,” he mentioned. “While you’re not on the set, or whenever you clock out, you’re nonetheless embodying that character. Across the starting of capturing, my household was nonetheless in California, so I bought to essentially be this man and go dwelling [as him]. When my household lastly got here to New York in late Could, we have been nearly wrapped, and I needed to be in daddy mode. I needed to shift forwards and backwards.”
And that Methodology method prolonged to additionally placing his personal stamp on his character, Yung Felon. “Spike was open to me creating my character. I’m a Methodology actor — I’ve bought to embody this individual,” he mentioned. “So sporting completely different hats — like fatherhood and all that different stuff — there’s solely a lot time you’ve bought, proper? So I wanted this man to be practical. His title was MC Microphone Checka — like microphone verify, 1, 2, 1, 2 — and I mentioned, ‘No, he’s Yung Felon.’ Spike is OK with permitting collective concepts. It was a blessing for him to be so receptive and open-minded to my concepts. He shut down loads, and he fucked with loads.”
A$AP Rocky continued, “I’m blessed to work. […] I’m down for no matter [next]. I feel I have to be the brand new Black James Bond. Like, why not?”