Taylor Takahashi and
“Boogie” coming out this Friday. The young drama also stars the late Brooklyn rapper,
Bashar “Pop Smoke” Jackson, making his acting debut as Monk a local legend with superior hoop skills.
EUR correspondent Fahnia Thomas chatted with the duo about chemistry, pet names and behind the scenes fun with Pop.
Taylor Takahashi stars as Alfred ‘Boogie’ Chin and Taylour Paige as Eleanor in Eddie Huang’s BOOGIE, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Nicole Rivelli / Focus Features
Q: What was your audition process like?
TP: We didn’t have any of that and that really doesn’t happen. I’ve had to audition for everything I’ve ever done. I got offered the role based on an audition I did for the casting director [for a different film] but I didn’t get that role. But she loved my audition so much, she sent the tape to Eddie Huang (writer/director). When I got the audition originally, I was like, ‘guys I’m not playing a high-schooler, I’m going to
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Credit: Nicole Rivelli / Focus Features
Q: Did you make Charlemagne Tha God (who plays Patrick) audition?
EH: No, the God is offer only! You cannot be the God and need to audition – he’s offer only!
Q: What was Pop Smoke’s casting and audition process like?
EH: I’m a Pisces so I’m very intuitive and go with vibes. I rarely look at IMDb profiles because when I was trying to get jobs my resume was kind of trash. I look at the person. With Pop – I have my ear to the streets – we started hearing “Welcome to the Party” and I was like, OH! This song is going!’ My best friend who is also the executive producer, Rafael Martinez, had been working with Steven Victor for years and he said, ‘Steven’s got Pop.’ Then I was like, ‘word!’ Plus, the assistant coach in the film, played by Despot, another one of my friends said, ‘Pop plays ball’…when you cast your friends and you’re all hanging out on set all day, one of your friends is gonna hear something. Wi
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