Kid Cudi´s party in the House The co-stars have praised the rapper not only for how seriously he took his latest role, but also for his “impeccable” comedic timing.
speaking to hiphopdx, the stars of the new film, Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole, had nothing but good things to say about the Cleveland rapper, who appears in the remake of the 1990 classic as himself. Although both actors admitted that, despite previous roles, Kid Cudi seemed a little unsure of himself when he started filming the comedy.
“Cudi was incredible,” said Jacob Latimore. “We also made him feel more comfortable. It was a bit stressful for him, but when you get those laughs after your lines, you start to feel good about what you’re doing. Literally the first time we started filming we were cracking up.”
“It was a lot of fun working with him,” added Tosin Cole. “He took it very seriously, but it was fun working with him. He made great choices, his comedic timing was impeccable. I don’t think people have seen it this way. There was a moment when he was doing the takes of him and I was like, ‘That guy is good.’”
According to the new party in the HouseIn the Kid-N-Play synopsis, the “remix” of the first Kid-N-Play movie sees Latimore and Cole as Kevin and Damon, wannabe club promoters trying to figure out how to make big money to avoid the consequences. losing their jobs as house cleaners.
The best friends decide to throw an unauthorized party at the location of their last cleaning job: LeBron James’s fictional house. As they try to carry out their plan, Damon and Kevin face a series of challenges, including an angry koala, a time-traveling DJ, a stolen championship ring, and an out-of-control guest list.
In addition to Cudi and LeBron, several other famous faces appear on party in the House as themselves, including Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Tinashe, and the stars of the original movie, Kid-N-Play.
Kid Cudi landed his first major acting role as one of the main cast members on the short-lived HBO series. how to do it in America in 2010. After appearing in a handful of independent films, Cudi made his feature film debut in 2014. need for speed. In all, he has appeared in a total of 35 scripted productions, not including eight cameos as himself.
The Cleveland artist recently starred in his own Netflix animated series. entergalactic as the voice of the main character Jabari. He co-created and co-executive produced the show with Blackish creator Kenya Barris.
In December, he was honored with the Groundbreaker Award for his performance in the project at the fifth annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television Awards in Los Angeles.
However, Cudi’s on-screen success may not bode well for fans of his music. While speaking with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in September, Cudi suggested that the entergalactic album would be the last.
“The Kid Cudi stuff, I think I want to put it on the back burner and relax with it,” he said. “I think I want to end this. I think, closing the chapter on Kid Cudi. the goal for entergalactic, I was bored with making records. Just, make one album, two music videos and that’s it. And I was like, ‘Man, I came into this wanting to do something epic and different. And now that I’ve done that, I just… I’ve made a lot of music, man.”
Two months later, after Kid Cudi said he’d release at least one more album before closing the curtain on his music career; he tweeted that he was no longer interested in creating new music.
“I’ll be happy when I stop making albums so I don’t have to deal with this madness anymore,” Kid Cudi wrote. It’s not entirely clear what exactly Cudi meant by “this madness”.