Desperate for money, he asks for extra shifts, but his supervisor bluntly dismisses his request because of his habitual tardiness. One night, Jimmy freezes during a rap battle at a local venue, the Shelter, and he leaves the stage humiliated.ĭuring the day, Jimmy works at a car factory.
Although encouraged by his friends, Jimmy worries about his potential as a rapper. Jimmy has moved back north of 8 Mile Road to the run-down trailer home in Warren, Michigan, of his alcoholic mother Stephanie ( Kim Basinger), his younger sister Lily (Chloe Greenfield), and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg ( Michael Shannon). ( Eminem) is a young, unhappy blue-collar worker from a poor family. In Fall of 1995 Detroit, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. 8 Mile was named one of the best films of 2002 by several publications. The film garnered numerous award nominations and wins, including an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Lose Yourself" win for Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass at the 75th Academy Awards. The album's accompanying soundtrack was also a commercial success, being certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It opened at No. 1 in the US with $51.3 million grossed in its opening weekend and an eventual total of $242.9 million worldwide. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway between the predominantly African-American city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem originally lived in.Ĩ Mile was a critical and box office success. The film, which contains autobiographical elements from Eminem's life, follows white rapper B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in hip hop, a genre dominated by African-Americans. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Anthony Mackie, and Kim Basinger. It was great.8 Mile is a 2002 American musical drama film written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson. Eventually we were just like, 'we should go.' We are not going to get this role. And then Jason got up, and the exact same thing: 'yo what's up? It's me, Cheddar Bob.' And we just-I actually think we didn't finish. Like, auditioning is so embarrassing, but having your friend there in front of you-and we were both in that moment just like, what were we thinking? Why did we do this? We barely got through it on my side. We were just like, this was such a bad idea.
As soon as I was like, 'yo what's up it's me, Cheddar Bob,' we both just started laughing hysterically. And as soon as we were, like, in the room and started-I went first. And it seemed like-we both were like, I think we actually are doing pretty good at this. We prepared the scenes, and as we were preparing it alone, it was-we were actually doing very well. And I was going to call you and ask if you could read the Eminem role for me.' And I was like, 'well, that's perfect.' So we actually had a sleepover at my house that night. And I was like, 'can you read this with me?' And he was like, 'oh, that's funny because I also have an audition for Cheddar Bob. I'm good friends with Jason Segel, so I called Jason. And so what the actors were told to do is-it was incumbent on them to-it was their responsibility to bring in a person to read with the other side of the scene.
And I think she just didn't-felt uncomfortable reading Eminem's lines, basically. You know, this casting director didn't want to hire someone to do it with her and did not want to do it herself because Eminem was the other person in the scene. And often, when you go in to audition for a film, there's someone who reads with you. During a May 2021 interview with Terry Gross on the National Public Radio program "Fresh Air," Seth Rogen remembered that both he and his friend Jason Segel auditioned for the role of "Cheddar Bob," even though they were fairly sure that neither of them was right for the role: "So we were auditioning for a character in 8 Mile-I believe his name is Cheddar Bob-who is, like, a friend of Eminem's character, who's Rabbit.
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