Spike Lee cast A$AP Rocky in his upcoming movie Highest and Lowest, and got the idea...all thanks to a meme...and Seacrest has the story...
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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, a stroke oft casting
genius and a TV or A film where the perfect
actor's cast in a role that fits him like a
glove typically comes down to a savvy casting director or
a visionary filmmaker.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
But Spike Lee's decision to cast acep Rocky opposite Denzel
Washington in his new movies all thanks to a meme.
The film, called Highest and Lowis is about a kidnapping,
and a pivotal part of the story involves mistaking an identity,
which is why the two characters played by Denzel and
Asap and had to look similar. Spike tell's the seven
PM in Brooklyn podcast, I was on Instagram four or
five years ago and I saw meme was suggesting acep
(00:34):
Rocky looks like Denzel's son. So I remembered that for
the film, and Spike ended up having zero regrets casting
a musician opposite an Academy Award winner, adding there are
so many scenes with Denzel and Asap head to head,
and Asap does not back down, like he's letting everybody
know he can hold his own Highest and Lowest baby
at the can Film Festival May nineteenth, that's
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Direct from Hollywood,
Host
Ryan Seacrest
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