{"id":350,"date":"2021-09-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=350"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T09:59:22","slug":"singer-to-actor-50-cent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/10\/singer-to-actor-50-cent\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer to Actor: 50 Cent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/span> <\/strong>This Article May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born Curtis Jackson III, 50 Cent rose to prominence as a rapper in 2003 with the release of his first album Get Rich or Die Tryin\u2019 <\/em>(that\u2019s not the only time you\u2019ll that name) \u2013 which was produced by Eminem and Dr Dre. Two years later, his acting career began with, you guessed it, Get Rich or Die Tryin\u2019 <\/em>where he played the lead role. Possibly the most interesting fact about this is guy is that in 2000, he was shot 9 times \u2013 yes you heard that right, NINE TIMES <\/strong>\u2013 and survived. Part of the outcome of this unfortunate incident is the distinctive slur he has in his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set Up<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It\u2019s sad to say but I feel like this film is trying a little too hard be a cool version of Payback <\/em>(obviously, this isn\u2019t me saying Payback <\/em>isn\u2019t cool already \u2013 it\u2019s a great film) and failing miserably. Truthfully, it is a hard film to judge Jackson\u2019s acting off of, as the character of Sonny seems to fit into the 50 Cent persona. I have to admit, if it wasn\u2019t for the voice over at the beginning, the first 20 minutes would make you think that Fiddy is actually an ancillary character in the film. It\u2019s a shame to say that some of the best parts of the film, don\u2019t include 50 Cent at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This is possibly one of the darkest films, outside of a horror film, that I think I have ever seen. However, there are pros and cons to 50 Cent\u2019s role in it. Con \u2013 I honestly don\u2019t get why he\u2019s in it. His character\u2019s interaction with Mickey Rourke\u2019s doesn\u2019t exactly add anything to 17\u2019s story (yeah, no one really has character names) and it\u2019s not made clear if he was really a gambler or just there to kill 17 if he didn\u2019t die in the game. Pro \u2013 for once this isn\u2019t the typical gangster role that I\u2019m used to 50 playing but that doesn\u2019t exactly mean much when you look at it when I spent the film wondering why the guy was given a bigger than maybe was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gun<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I really am struggling to say anything positive about the roles I\u2019m seeing Curtis Jackson play. The character of Taylor is, I don\u2019t want to say two dimensional because that\u2019s a little bit harsh but it\u2019s definitely a case of \u2018been there, seen that before\u2019. I also don\u2019t think it\u2019s helped by the fact that my attention is more drawn towards Angel (played by Val Kilmer) than Taylor because you genuinely start to think \u2018who is this guy?\u2019 with every scene of his that passes. Also, and this is a massive bug bear of mine anyway, I cannot stand out of context sex scenes \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what we get between Taylor and Gabriella. You know, I don\u2019t need to see 50 Cent\u2019s bare bottom at the best of times, let alone when it has no relevance to the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorary Mentions<\/u><\/strong>                <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019ve already said the first film 50 Cent starred in was a personal project based on his own life (inspired by Eminem\u2019s 8 Mile<\/em>) but I wonder if he ever imagined he would share the screen with greats like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Righteous Kill <\/em>or Sly Stallone in the Escape Plan <\/em>trilogywhen he got started. He has also starred as himself in a few films including Morning Glory <\/em>and Spy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born Curtis Jackson III, 50 Cent rose to prominence as a rapper in 2003 with the release of his first album Get Rich or Die Tryin\u2019 (that\u2019s not the only time you\u2019ll that name) \u2013 which was produced by Eminem and Dr Dre. Two years later, his acting career … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-act-on","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}