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Jack Harlow is opening up about his exhilarating experience on the set of his first film, “White Men Can’t Jump”.
In an exclusive interview with ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey, Harlow and his costar Sinqua Walls get candid about how hard the Kentucky-born rapper worked to perfect his role in the remake of the 1992 classic.
The 20th Century Studios remake sees Harlow playing the role of Jeremy alongside Walls, who takes on the character Kamal. The two form an unexpectedly dynamic duo as they team up to hustle and outsmart fellow basketball players in a daring scheme to enter a high-stakes tournament with a massive $500,000 cash prize at stake.
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On the topic of earning the support of his fellow castmates, Harlow said: “It feels damn good.”
“You know, these people are so kind, f**k man,” continued the 25-year-old rapper.
“You know, I’ll tell you something this guy told me one day,” said Harlow while placing his hand on Walls’ shoulder. “And I was real nervous showing up and he said to me, ‘I want you to know something. I don’t see colour. I said, ‘Damn.’ And after that, we were off to the races.”
“Jack really did a good job,” added Walls, 38. “And people are going to think I’m making up this fabricated answer, but here’s the thing, he put his all into it, he was a technician of his craft, and he worked hard every day. He wanted to get better,” he explained.
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Walls then expressed how he’s been “doing this for a while,” and he’s had “very few cast members call me before we get started to say, ‘Let’s just run
NDA before the PDA! Stars like Raven-Symoné, Jack Harlow and more have admitted to making their potential dates sign a nondisclosure agreement.
HBO series Succession.Jeremy Strong has revealed that he attempted to jump into the river during his final scene in Succession, but was stopped by another cast member.The popular drama series came to its bitter conclusion last week (May 28), with the last episode of the fourth and final season drawing to a close with the Roy children finally losing control of their family’s media empire, and Tom Wambsgans named new CEO following the company’s acquisition by GoJo.In the last moments of the episode, the final scene shows Jeremy Strong’s character, Kendall Roy, alone in New York’s Battery Park contemplating the events that have just unfolded — and seemingly stripped of his life’s purpose.According to a new interview with Vanity Fair, however, the actor admitted that he tried to choose an alternate ending for his character, and attempted to jump into the Hudson River when filming.“To me, what happens at the board vote is an extinction level event for this character. There’s no coming back from that,” he explained, adding that he was stopped from climbing the railing by Scott Nicholson, who played Colin.“I tried to go into the water after we cut — I got up from that bench and went as fast as I could over the barrier and onto the pilings, and the actor playing Colin raced over,” he said.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “With Open Eyes,” the series finale of HBO’s “Succession,” now streaming on Max. Kendall Roy finds himself alone in Battery Park during the last shot of HBO’s “Succession.” He’s officially lost control of his family’s media empire, as Tom Wambsgans has been named the new Waystar CEO following the company’s purchase to GoJo. Kendall has been stripped of his life’s purpose. The show cuts to black with Kendall starring blankly at the river ahead, but that’s not where actor Jeremy Strong was ready to leave Kendall during filming. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair following the “Succession” series finale, Strong revealed he attempted to jump into the river as Kendall during one take of filming the show’s final moment.
Lala Kent is having her say in a new Scandoval sneak peek from the anticipated three-part reunion.Ahead of Part 1 airing Wednesday night, Bravo released a heated clip from the reunion where the 32-year-old reality star compared Ariana Madix's ex, Tom Sandoval, to her former fiance, Randall Emmett, with whom she broke up in 2021 with cheating allegations surfacing soon after. The reunion clip begins with host Andy Cohen asking Kent whether it's «healthy» for Madix and Sandoval to be living together in their shared home following their breakup, which was confirmed to still be the case.«No,» Kent said bluntly, after it was brought up that she moved out of the home she and Emmett shared relatively quickly after their relationship fell apart. «Sandoval Randall,» she declared. «Give it 10 years.
Margot Robbie helped Ryan Gosling transform into Ken for the upcoming “Barbie” movie.
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For all of the success that Kenya Barris has had on TV, his film output as a director and especially a screenwriter is bizarrely spotty. For a project like “Girls Trip” (co-written with Tracy Oliver), we then have his directorial debut, Netflix’s “You People” from last January, co-written and starring Jonah Hill, which felt less like a comedy and more like a trap for anybody in front of the camera.
Todd Gilchrist editor “White Men Can’t Jump” holds a special place in a lot of moviegoers’ hearts; while not the enduring sports classic that writer-director Ron Shelton delivered with his baseball mash note “Bull Durham,” the buddy comedy vividly captures the world of pick-up basketball players, and features three standout performances by Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Rosie Perez. Director Calmatic’s 2023 remake not only fails to recapture the energy of the first film but seems to misunderstand the cinematic language of streetball, and is largely uninterested in utilizing stars Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow except as delivery systems for exposition. Updated only in its excess of contemporary slang and overwrought backstories, “White Men Can’t Jump” exemplifies the aversion to risk and lack of imagination in storytellers mining intellectual property at the behest of blandest-common-denominator-seeking corporate overlords.
Jack Harlow this month, well, he’s officially in the industry, baby. The film industry to be precise.The same artist who recently claimed he was “the hardest white boy since the one who rapped about vomit and sweaters” makes his acting debut with a remake of the 1992 sports comedy classic “White Men Can’t Jump.” But there’s nothing hard about this new movie, even with its R-rated language.
I feel like a broken record these days and it makes me want to scream.
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Sophia Scorziello editor Jack Harlow makes his acting debut in the new remake of “White Men Can’t Jump.” “It was grueling. It was a hot summer,” the 25-year-old musician told Variety at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday night. He stars in the movie as Jeremy, a basketball hustler. While shooting the film, Harlow was also juggling the production of his latest album “Jackman.” “I just made it work,” Harlow said. “I’m a hardworker, I guess.” Sinqua Walls plays Harlow’s partner in crime, Kamal. On working with Harlow, Walls told Variety, “It was easy. He was one of my first castmates to ever call me before shooting to work on lines together. I have a lot of love for him. I’m telling you right now, this is just the beginning because the sky is the limit for my brother.
had to make sure their remake of the 1992 sports comedy could stand up to the original, especially when it comes to the basketball scenes. Sinqua Walls, who was a McDonald's All-American Game nominee in high school and played on the University of San Francisco Dons men's basketball team, attributed the remake's «authenticity» to their director, Calmatic. «I think that was a testament to our filmmaker. I think Calmatic wanted to really do that, the studio really wanted to do that this time around,» he told ET at the film's premiere on Thursday at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
The White Men Can’t Jump red carpet was the best place to be on Thursday night (May 11) in Los Angeles!
Jack Harlow has the acting bug. The rapper-turned-screen star is gearing up for the release of his first feature film, and already has his sights set on the future and all it's multitude of possibilities.Harlow, 25, walked the red carpet on Thursday at the premiere of his new film,, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, and he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the warm response he's gotten for his first major acting gig.«It felt good!» Harlow said with a broad smile.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Elite” breakout star Manu Ríos will be at the Cannes Film Festival to celebrate the premiere of “Strange Way of Life,” Pedro Almodóvar’s romantic Western short headlined by Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke and co-starring Ríos. At the Met Gala, Ríos shared with Variety that most of his scenes are with both leading men. But during their time off-camera, “I spent a lot of time with Pedro. He’s the best. It was pretty hot because we shot in the desert in the south of Spain, so it was a lot of time without doing anything and just talking.” He continued, “He’s a really funny guy. It was so much fun.” “Strange Way of Life” marks Almodóvar’s second primarily English-language project, after his short “The Human Voice” in 2020.
Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes have fans going wild about a possible reconciliation. The former couple was spotted kissing at Coachella a few weeks ago, and they have been spending more time in each other’s presence. On Saturday they were spotted in LA looking very happy.Cabello was all smiles as she talked to Mendes.
Machine Gun Kelly seems to be dissing Jack Harlow in his new track.The rocker released «Renegade Freestyle» on Saturday and fans on social media quickly pointed out that it was targeting Harlow. «I see why they call you Jackman/You jacked man’s whole swag/Give Drake his flow back, man,» MGK raps over the instrumental to Jay-Z and Eminem's «Renegade.»«I eat rappers like Pac Man/Must I regurgitate and show you who’s in my stomach from the last dance,» he continues.The «Jackman» line seemed to be a direct reference to the title of Harlow’s just-released third studio album, MGK’s apparent diss arrives after Harlow’s claim that he’s the «hardest white boy since the one who rapped about vomit and sweaters» in the new song, «They Don’t Love It.»MGK – who previously released his own version of Harlow’s «What’s Poppin» in 2020 – wrote in an Instagram post promoting the freestyle.«never been afraid to say what’s on my mind at any given time of day
Machine Gun Kelly has taken issue with Jack Harlow’s rap boast that he’s “the hardest white boy” since Eminem, and is responding with a scathing, old-school diss track.