![]() ![]() With the only flicker of light coming from Dre’s gleaming Rolex, the producers and stars of the film talk thoughtfully - sometimes angrily - about the difficult 13-year journey it took for Straight Outta Compton to get to the screen. (also known as Cube’s son) and Jason Mitchell (as Eazy-E) - takes place entirely in the dark. Which is how my interview with Dre and Cube and some of the actors who star in Straight Outta Compton - Corey Hawkins (who plays young Dre), O’Shea Jackson Jr. ![]() It will remain so for the better part of an hour. It turns out a transformer has blown on nearby Cole Street, and the whole block is without power. A few others are picking around the Caesar salad with grilled chicken at a snack table when suddenly - wham! - there’s a loud popping sound and the place goes completely dark. Cube, now a 46-year-old comic action actor-producer ( Ride Along, 21 Jump Street), is leaning against a wall, sipping a cappuccino with extra sugar. Thirty years ago, he was producing N.W.A’s signature song, “F- tha Police” today, he’s a headphones tycoon who lives in Tom Brady‘s former mansion in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. Dre, now 50, is sitting on a comfy sofa, fussing with the cuffs of his designer jeans. We’re in a photo studio in Hollywood in mid-July, a month before the release of Universal’s $29 million movie telling the (mostly) true story of N.W.A, the groundbreaking hip-hop group that Dre, Cube and three other rappers - Eazy-E, MC Ren and DJ Yella - formed during the 1980s. Dreand Ice Cube about the slaying that happened during the shooting of a Straight Outta Compton trailer - about the day in January when Suge Knight turned up on the set and allegedly plowed his pickup truck over two men, including a technical adviser on the film - when the lights go out. ![]() ![]() To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Marcos Taylor similarly made big impressions as Tupac and Suge Knight.Īnd let's not forget Corey Hawkins and O'Shea Jackson Jr., who led the film as Dre and Cube respectively. If Universal ever decides it wants to bring these guys back to build a Straight Outta Compton franchise, I'm in.This story first appeared in the July 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Keith Stanfield only appeared in Straight Outta Compton for a few minutes, but managed to capture Snoop's essence to a T. Plus, Universal already has some great casting in place. Gary Gray film had the biggest August opening ever for an R-rated movie, and is already the second highest-grossing biopic of all time at the U.S. box office. From a commercial standpoint, a Straight Outta Compton sequel looks like a no-brainer. In addition, though Daz claims Cube gave him the idea to make a movie, Cube's publicist says he has not authorized a Straight Outta Compton sequel.īut Universal might want to change that. "At this time there are no plans for a Straight Outta Compton sequel," a spokesperson told EW. Meanwhile, Universal denies it's working on any sort of Straight Outta Compton follow-up. Last we heard, Carl Franklin had replaced John Singleton as director on that one, and no casting had been set.) (Both Straight Outta Compton and Dogg Pound 4 Life are unrelated to a Tupac biopic that's been developing quietly for the past few years. ![]()
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