Rick Ross, Kurupt, David Banner and Slim Thug are among the actors featured in the forthcoming major motion picture Days Of Wrath – Director’s Cut. The film, which is slated to be released later this year, is set in Los Angeles and focuses on the intersecting lives of gang members, a teacher and a television news crew.
Although Days Of Wrath – Director’s Cut director-co-writer-producer Celia Fox wanted to have rappers in the film, she wanted them to be able to carry their weight on screen.
“I felt that there was going to be a music component in it, so I felt it would be great to have rappers in it,” she says of the film, which stars Wilmer Valderrama (That ’70s Show) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey’s Anatomy), during an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “I didn’t want anybody in the film just because they were a rapper. I felt like if they could blend with the character and do the character, that was fine.”
With the aid of casting director Christine Sheaks (Boogie Nights, Scary Movie), Fox selected Rick Ross, Kurupt, David Banner and Slim Thug. Fox says she was most familiar with Rick Ross’s material before working with him on the film.
“I’m a huge fan of Rick Ross,” Fox says. “It was more that I was a really big fan of his at the time. I really loved his music. It kind of had that spirit that I thought that the movie had and the characters had. It was the whole hustler thing. His vibe, his message, I really felt like it was synonymous with Danny Boy, the main character.”
Celia Fox Discusses David Banner & Kurupt’s Work On “Days Of Wrath”
Danny Boy is portrayed by Valderrama. One of the characters who goes against Danny Boy in the film is Kryme, who is portrayed by David Banner.
“I knew he was a a talented producer and I knew his work,” Fox says. “I also kind of felt like with David Banner, he doesn’t stand particularly out as coming from somewhere. With a T.I., he really, really comes off on the screen like he comes from the South. I liked David Banner’s screen presence. He’s a workhorse, very reliable and very professional.”
Even though Kurupt wasn’t as professional, in a sense, it worked for his portrayal of a camera man for a Los Angeles television station. “He would come to the set really messed up, but it worked for the character as well,” Fox says. “He showed up with bloodshot eyes, messed up, a little bit off. I really didn’t say much because it worked for the scenes and he’s a really good actor. He did an amazing job.”
Fox says the rappers helped bring heft to Days Of Wrath – Director’s Cut. “The story is very much about not being totally a victim of your circumstance, of really rising above your circumstance,” she says. “It’s also about action and reaction.”
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what does william roberts know about being in a street gang lol
What does David Banner, Laurence Fishburne and Taye Diggs know about being in a street gang you mindless idiot? You gonna ask Jaime Foxx what he knows about being a runaway slave?
I farted and shit my pants….swag
I guess you need to look up the definition on the word “Actor”.
Looks terrible
looks like shit for sure….kinda like whats in my pants right now
straight to Netflix
straight to the dollar bin
Rick Ross is going to deliver a stellar performance. It’ll be damn believable too. Especially because he’s spent the last 10 years acting like a drug dealer. Should give him an Academy Award for every album he’s ever put out.
Stop acting like a bitch every time you see his name, you deserve an award before he does.
bitches aint shit but hoes n tricks
Seeing Kurrupt play a cameraman for a news station is worth the watch, that fool had me dyin in that movie with Steven Segal.
I swear this movie is about 10 years old I remember Slim Thug talking about this in like 2007.
Fishburn is a quality actor, the rest of the cast not so much, Taye Diggs is alright…Faizon nearly ruined Idlewild.
fart and shit my pants yet again
Kurupt still being unprofessional at the age of 40? Sad. No wonder his rapping skills have taken such a hit. This is coming from on of his biggest supporters
I farted and shit my pants…again
larry fishburn is a crip
larry fishburn!!!!!!
ya ya ya ya larry fishburn!!
just wondering…where are all the Hollywood scripts for Drake?
snitch
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i thought serious actors use their real names
This is a true statement.
If Wilmer Valderrama is ur main star its not a good sign how any one gon take him serious as a gangbanger lmao Ross should be good he been acting his whole career he still really keeps talking bout the coke keys but all we see is that cheesy grin from the photo when his fat ass was getting his award for being a great prison guard fuck all cops and C.O’S
If Rick Ross played the lead role, this movie would’ve garnered a lot of accolades and more acclaim.
but it wouldnt go plat
Larry Fishburn up in this motherfucker!!!!!!
AMA motherfuckers!!!
I frequent these forms for new crips to join up in my crip gang….frequentflyermilesftw
Ross is an excellent actor. He’s been playing a role for 10 years now.
LMAO Fez from 70’s show.
He nails the part
Does anyone know when the film comes out? At imbd, it said 2008 but i cant find it anywhere. would like to see it.
No worries, foud this at Wiki:
After many delays on the release of the film, on February 25, 2014, the director and producer Celia Fox finally announced that the film would have a release late 2014. It has been confirmed that an advertising and marketing deal has been negotiated and signed allowing for promotion and release in the coming months.[3]
it is now 2015 and still no info, just release it already
Its Feb 2016 and still no info regarding the release. Ive been waiting since 2008 and 8 years has passed.
It’s July 2017 and this movie is STILL unavailable on dvd/bluray.
It’s now October 2017. Still waiting on this movie! What is the hold up?!
Its April, 2018 release this on dvd already. Easy money maker. Damn
2019 still no movie
Seriously. Why has this movie not come out? Everybody got way more famous and now want more money to put it out. Greed is the root of all evil…