Bernie Mac’s daughter, Je’niece McCallough, desires Aldis Hodge to play the late comic in a biopic — and he’s utterly on board.
“Initially, I want that I might have met him earlier than his passing. I want I might have labored with him,” Hodge, 37, completely advised Us Weekly on the Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video upfront presentation on Tuesday, Might 14. “For her to even say that’s the highest honor. His daughter? It will get no larger than that.”
He continued, “So, you realize, I don’t even must step into these sneakers. The truth that she desires me to step into these sneakers is sufficient for me.”
Mac died in August 2008 on the age of fifty. John Legend’s Get Lifted manufacturing firm later confirmed plans for a biopic, with McCallough telling TMZ in June 2021 that Hodge may simply play the prolific star.
Hodge, finest recognized for his roles in Leverage and Hidden Figures, advised Us that he would “completely” say sure if a casting supply got here his means.
“I imply, I used to do stand-up comedy. I held a room down on the L.A. Improv from, like, 13 years previous as much as 17. I used to host [a] present,” Hodge stated on Tuesday. “I like comedy and I’m a giant fan of comedy. With regards to my work, I need to do extra of it. I consider what the scope of what his life was and what he contributed, not less than for me as a result of I grew up watching Mr. Mac, that will be simply excessive reward and honor and a variety of privilege.”
Additional particulars in regards to the future Mac biography have but to be revealed, however Hodge is staying busy till a possible audition. He’s at present starring in Prime Video’s Cross, which is set for a season 1 premiere later this yr.
“It checked each single field for me, professionally and emotionally. With regards to the skilled sense, we have now a implausible group. Now we have an incredible set,” Hodge gushed. “Now we have a extremely wholesome setting and the management coming down from Miranda Siwak Ben Watkins to the remainder of the group. Ben’s imaginative and prescient in relation to the narrative is unbelievable, however our forged are amazingly proficient, nice human beings and I like the expansion. I like the potential. Generally I’ve been on tasks the place I felt like our potential was stunted and that we couldn’t go previous it.”
He continued, “With Cross, we’re totally assembly the potential and going above and past. And that for me as an viewers member is thrilling as a result of I do know that each single time I come again, I’m going to get one thing that’s greater, fatter and higher and deeper.”
Hodge and Prime Video debuted the primary trailer for Cross, and confirmed an early season 2 renewal, throughout Tuesday’s upfront presentation.
With reporting by Andrew Nodell