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If you’ve been wondering if Project Power‘s Newt (better known as the guy on fire) is performed by Machine Gun Kelly, the answer is “yes”. And if you were surprised to see it appear in the Netflix movie, then you really should not be. Colson Baker (or Machine Gun Kelly, as he goes by the professional) may be best known as the rapper from Cleveland, but believe it or not, the 30-years of age, has actually been adding to his acting resume for a while now. In fact, he made his debut as an actor back in 2014 in the romantic drama Beyond the Lights.
In Beyond the Lights — the stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Nate Parker and Danny Glover — Machine Gun Kelly plays a self-important rapper called Kid Culprit that uses up to date Mbatha-Raw’s character (and tries to force the increase of the pop star to remove his jacket while it is being performed in conjunction to reveal the little outfit he’s wearing below). Despite playing with a rapper, we can ensure that the aggressiveness of the Child is Guilty is nothing like MGK in real life. In an interview with MTV News, she explained how to wear sunglasses, helped him get into character. “I never wear sunglasses,” he said. “Because I have the feeling that only hides you from the people, and that is not how I am. But Kid Guilty kind of sees himself above all the world, and that he is that kind of man.” And it worked, as MGK plays an antagonist that we wanted to give a punch in the face by the end of the movie.
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After Beyond the Lightshe went on to appear in several other films, including The Punk is Dead (the sequel to 1998 SLC Punk!), The nerves (starring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco), sci-fi, horror Viral, The Earth (where he also served as co-executive producer), Bird Box as the idiot who stole the car, Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, Great Time Of Adolescence (starring Pete Davidson), and the sci-fi thriller of crime Captive. On the small screen, WE played a recurring role on the misfortune of the short-lived Showtime comedy-drama series Companions along the way as Wesley “Wes” Mason, an ex-Pearl Jam roadie and espresso connoisseur.
During an interview with Collider, MGK explained the Companions along the way process of hearing (where he had to send a tape of yourself crying after being fired by Pearl Jam) and the “ballsy” move he did when five months had passed without news of whether or not he had landed the role: you call the casting director Gail Levin on the Eve of Christmas and the delivery of a monologue about Nirvana It doesn’t matter the album. Luckily, the call paid off, and WE got the role.
As to why he branched out into acting, MGK explained Collider he always felt he had charisma in front of the camera, since I was a child the filming of stunts with their friends. “Now, I’m looking for a role that’s going to make the film industry and of the community really impressed with the fact that I was so out of my element for that role,” he said. His next project is Midnight in the Switchgrassthat is where he met “twin flame”, and current girlfriend Megan Fox.
