O'Shea Jackson jr. starter straight out
of Compton and I play Ice Cube and
producer Straight Outta Compton when
they first had the idea of the movie did
you have any ideas of you know who you
wanted to play you other than you yeah I
mean I guess I really couldn't picture
nobody else doing it I didn't think
nobody could really capture all the
essence of
Ice Cube would you want to do it you
know I mean that's what I was like
worried about the most like our art is a
reflection of our reality what you see
me you go outside your door I know what
I see
and it ain't glamorous you get a case
from Russia and cocaine from Colombia
you know how'd you feel on our first
action nervous I never did none like it
before so at first it was nerves but
then after a while I couldn't have
somebody have you looked crazy you know
so I had to make sure I put it in my
hands I knew that people would be
looking at me like you know almost how
could you you know this this movie about
NWA is so important and how could you
just kind of give that role away so I
and I wanted you to earn it when did you
know that you can do it
we had already been shooting you know I
wasn't getting it how I felt like it
needed it to be and it was a little bit
of doubt you know it started to creep in
and then we did the scene and Skateland
and Gary let me you know just do what
you do do what you feel it was the life
is like you could just see everyone's
reaction and that's what I really
started to feel like you know just I got
to make it my own were you nervous that
it was a bunch of new actors no I wasn't
nervous about that because I've worked
with a lot of new actors when you have
like a unknown face you've never seen
you just believe them you just believe
that that's who you're looking at you
know just really you know wanted to make
sure that you guys had our flavor to do
that whole album over to rerecord that
too
you know alright man you don't
critiquing each other and like really
looking out for each other build a bond
between the five of us if we weren't
cool with each other if we weren't
tight-knit it's show on camera when you
first saw yourself on the big screen how
did it make you feel I see myself so big
I felt so small like oh man like this is
it like you knows too late going to
those screenings it makes it you feel
like I did it you know yeah you it
solidifies it for me but you know that
first day that first private screening
for the forecast is worried about do I
look right whoo yeah all right I say
that like that close your mouth you know
just like stuff like that and excited
getting people to see this you know I
feel like I really really did something
here that's how I felt when I when I
when I did boys in the hood you know
this is my first movie John let me see
the rough cut yeah
you should never let a new actor who's
not a real actor see the rough cut yeah
cuz I was mad yeah it's not a real movie
don't look finished he's like man i'ma
finish i'ma finish after he polished it
and cut it together and then I got a
chance to see it with the audience I was
like oh man damn I can act in it right
yeah is there any scene in there that
says hard to water or brings up
something in you you know I hate to see
the scene where we're you know easy
here's the news that he contracted HIV
it's just heart is rough it's sad it's
the beginning of the end you know that
scene is still rough to check out and
look at you feel confident for like the
next time you're on the big screen yeah
I definitely feel that I could take
everything that I learned from this set
I started to miss set you know like I
like that feeling I'm ready to get on
the other projects just to get that that
feel back and get into another groove
it was over before I knew it yeah yeah
that's I'm proud of you I'm proud of the
movie about NWA and how it came out
about our group and then I'm proud as a
producer to be able to produce a movie
like this so you know I'm gonna cry like
nine ten you got a favorite part
Wow all staged in Detroit is one of my
favorite parts that beginners scene easy
is incredible
going in priority with the baseball
scene we got a couple of jewels yeah did
he did me right right Ito y'all think
y'all can go out and perform yeah I
think everyone I'm you know I could if
you just tell me when and where
i'ma go you know just give me my wig
please coming straight from the
underground a younger got it back
cuz I'm brown color so police beat the
authority to kill a minority that
chickens I the one we can go toe to toe
in the middle of a sale that's what they
want to see they want to see that curl
in the Raider jackets