>>> THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF A
TEENAGE BOY THAT RISKS
EVERYTHING TO BECOME THE
YOUNGEST FBI INFORMANT IN
HISTORY.
>> SET IN THE 1980s DETROIT
DURING THE HEIGHT ON THE WAR ON
DRUGS.
THE FILM FOLLOWS HIM AS HE IS
SUCKED INTO A LIFE OF CRIME THAT
PUTS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN
DANGER.
>> HIS DAD PLAYED BY MATTHEW>> Y
WHEN YOU STARTED?
>> I KNEW HIS NAME, DIDN'T HAVE
AN IMAGE.
>> YOU DIDN'T GOOGLE HIM?
>> NO.
>> WE MET THE FIRST TIME AT AN
APARTMENT BY A BOWLING ALLEY.
I HAD SEEN A PICTURE OF HIM.
I KNEW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
I'M WAITING AT THE ENTRANCE,
HERE COMES YOUNG RICHIE MERIT.
HE WOULD HAVE PASSED BY ME.
I WAS LIKE RICHIE.
MCCONAUGHEY.
COOL, MAN.
>> YOU NEVER ACTED BEFORE?
>> NO.
>> THAT WILL LOOK GOOD ON YOUR
RESUME.
>> THE REST OF YOU HADN'T WORKED
TOGETHER EITHER.
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR START?
>> OH MAN, RIGHT OUT OF YALE
SCHOOL DRAMA.
I GOT PULLED OUT TO DO A
MINISERIES ON ABC.
TWO YEARS AGO.
>> FROM THE BALTIMORE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
THAT'S HOW CAPRICIOUS OUR
BUSINESS IS.
>> I DID A CHILDREN'S SHOW IN
THE UK ABOUT CHILD SPIES, AND
THEN A LOT OF THEATER.
DID MY FIRST AMERICAN MOVIE,
"DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL"
ALREADY CAME ON THE SHOW A FEW
YEARS AGO.
>> YOU HAVE A GREAT CAST.
>> NO.
THIS WAS WONDERFUL.
EVERY DAY WAS ANOTHER GREAT
EXERCISE, COME TO SET TO WORK
WITH EVERYBODY.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THIS
BEFORE, YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S
NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, IT WAS A
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS
YOUNG MAN WHO WE WERE SAYING IF
HE CAN BEHAVE ON CAMERA WHICH HE
COULD AND DID, PUTS TOGETHER A
GREAT PERFORMANCE, HE IS THE
FULL ON LEAD IN THIS MOVIE, YOU
KNOW.
>> THEY SAY IT IS A TRUE STORY.
YOUR CHARACTER ENDS UP GOING TO
JAIL, PRISON 30 YEARS, FIRST
COUNT YOU'RE OUT.
>> LOCKED UP FOR LIKE 27 YEARS.
>> SAME AGE AS THIS MAN NOW.
>> THEY SAID WE CAN'T CONFIRM
NOR DENY HE WAS AN INFORMANT.
THING ABOUT THAT, SAME AGE AS
THIS YOUNG MAN, BOOM, LIFE IN
PRISON.
>> WITH THREE KIDS.
YOU'VE DONE SO MANY FILMS, YOU
PROBABLY HAVE YOUR PICK OF FILMS
TO BE IN, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT
"WHITE BOY RICK" THAT MADE YOU
SAY THIS IS FWGOOD FOR ME.
>> THIS IS WORTH BEING MADE,
EVEN IF FICTION.
BUT IT IS NOT.
GAVE IT MORE RESONANCE, PURPOSE.
SECONDLY FOR ME, I NEVER PLAYED
A DAD LIKE THIS.
THIS STORY, THE TRAGEDY AND THE
HUMOR, SOMEBODY TRYING TO HOLD
THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER
UNSUCCESSFULLY, BUT TRYING TO.
AT THE ROOT OF IT, THAT'S WHAT
THE STORY IS ABOUT.
FAMILY.
TRYING TO HOLD MY FAMILY
TOGETHER, MY SON, MY DAUGHTER,
HE HAS HIS FAMILY, HE IS TRYING
TO HOLD TOGETHER ON THE STREETS,
GOES TO HIM, FINDS A FATHER
FIGURE THAT'S MUCH MORALE THE
ALPHA MALE THAN I PLAY AT HOME.
>> SPEAKING OF FAMILY, WE LOVE
YOUR FAMILY.
>> THEY'VE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR
YOU.
>> HOW IS EVERYTHING GOING AT
HOME.
>> WE TOOK THE FIRST PROPER
VACATION, WEPTNT TO GREECE, ITA.
WE TOOK MY MOTHER, WE TOOK HER
FATHER CAME AND MET US.
WE HAD EVERYBODY FOR THREE WEEKS
IN GREECE.
IT WAS GOOD.
>> LOOK AT YOU.
LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, MAN.
HE HAS A GOOD ONE.
CONGRATS ON T