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Anthony Mackie Did not lose itself while filming the final 8 mile rap battle against Emin – But he remembered things going very personal.
“We make the film and, you know, eminem is such a great dude,” Mackie, 46, remembered during Tuesday, March 11, from “The pigeonPodcast. “We’re on a set one day and it’s like, ‘Yo, it doesn’t make sense that we’re beef.’ And I was like, okay? ‘ And it’s like, ‘I need something.’ “
Mackie Papa Doc portrayed in the 2002 play, leader of the free world rap group who ultimately loses to B Gwbiwr B Eminem in an epic final rap match. During B-Rabbit verses, he claims to be the real name of Papa Doc, he went to a private school and that his parents were still married. According to Mackie, some of the shots towards him were personally, and they had “nothing to do” with his character.
“So we’re talking about, like, two hours, cooling. I go to the casino. The next day, we shoot the scene of the battle, which is why I’m standing there like, you’re talking about me. You’re not talking about Clarence! ”Mackie remembered, adding that his character’s frustrating face expression was his natural response to the lyrics of Eminem.
“You A——, Eminem!” He will be joking. “I’m like, ‘I’m going to fight this mother f ——!’ I’m like, ‘Yes my parents are still married!’ “
8 mile Mackie and Eminem’s feature film marked for the first time. Previously the Marvel Star opened for shooting the film during chapter 2021 of A rich isen showclaiming that Eminem had originally promised that his raps would only include “character stuff.”
“This was one day, we were sitting on the set and eminem comes over and it’s like ‘what’s up man, I was reading a script and there’s no reason for me not to like you, you’re a cool dude, I like you,’” Mackie remembered. “And then I said, ‘I like you too,’ and then it was like, ‘cool, so you don’t mind if I add some things in the script about you?’ I was like, ‘About me or the character?’ It’s like that, not just some character things’. I’m like, ‘yes no problem.’ “
The actor claimed, “So before all 8 mile The final battle, it’s my googles and learns about me and all those things he makes fun of my head as a papa dock. ”. And then I’m like, ‘That’s a bit of Mr Marshall’s personal. … I grew up in a nice house, my parents were nice to me, why are you making fun of my head? ‘”
US Weekly has reached out to an eminem for comments.
Eight years after his portrait of Papa Doc, Mackie took the role of Tupac shakur In 2009’s Famous. The Captain America Star has credited his time in the Juilliard Drama Department – which he graduated in 2001 – for his rapping and versatility skills as an actor.
“The idea of going to a rapper from an actor’s perspective, you really only speak in poems. I always said, one of the biggest rapists (a) ever lived was Shakespeare, ”said Mackie during Chapter 2021 of Hot ones. “If I hadn’t received my training, I wouldn’t be able to play Tupac, Martin Luther King, Papa Doc, Falcon. The training is just something that gives you an extra layer to stand on. “
