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Key Takeaways:
- A$AP Rocky performs a motel superintendent in A24’s new movie, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
- The psychological dramedy, written and directed by Mary Bronstein, additionally stars Rose Byrne and premieres in October.
- The movie provides to A$AP Rocky’s rising appearing résumé, following his function in Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest.
It appears to be like like we’re getting not one, however two movies starring A$AP Rocky this 12 months — and hopefully his subsequent album, Don’t Be Dumb, drops quickly, too. On Wednesday (Aug. 6), the rapper appeared in A24’s official trailer for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
Set to hit theaters in October, the psychological thriller follows Rose Byrne’s character, Linda, whose life is quickly spiraling uncontrolled. In response to the synopsis, viewers will watch as she “makes an attempt to navigate her baby’s mysterious sickness, her absent husband, a lacking individual and an more and more hostile relationship together with her therapist.”
As for the trailer itself, A$AP Rocky’s first cameo takes place across the one-minute mark. He performs a motel superintendent named James, who, later within the video, invitations Linda again to his place. “Yo, loopy pants, I used to be going to partake in browsing the online for some issues that I’m into,” the Harlem rapper’s character says. She responds, “What sort of stuff?”
It’s undoubtedly a special sort of function than followers are used to seeing from him, even in comparison with Highest 2 Lowest, which ought to make for an fascinating watch. Watch the clip under.
“Rocky brings a pure charisma that can’t be directed, can’t be taught,” writer-director Mary Bronstein advised Selection about casting the TESTING artist. “Within the script, it says, ‘Wink at Linda’… It is a man that has winked at folks earlier than, and it’s efficient, and you can’t train that.”
On Monday (Aug. 4), A$AP Rocky appeared within the first official trailer for Highest 2 Lowest, the Spike Lee–directed movie set to hit theaters on Aug. 15. He’ll star reverse Denzel Washington as Yung Felon, a personality who kidnaps the actor’s son and calls for a $17.5 million ransom. The artist additionally contributed two tracks, “Trunks” and “Each Eyes Closed,” to the film’s soundtrack.