Aldis Hodgehad a monster 2020, starring in bothOne Night in MiamiandThe Invisible Man.
We asked the very visible actor to give us a tour of his career.
“I didn’t knowBruce Willisor Samuel L. Jackson,” he says with a laugh.
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“I was not allowed to watch their films.”
“And Bruce was like, ‘What’s up?
Is he hungry?’
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I said, ‘Yeah,’ and so they stopped everything and ordered a bunch of pizzas.”
“Sam was about employing these little Black boys,” Hodge says.
I respect the fact that him in his position stepped out to help somebody come up."
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“I told absolutely nobody.
I auditioned for it and I was like, ‘They really don’t know?
Nobody is going to check this.
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[Laughs] I just like to say that Raymond grew up to be Foxy.”
Coincidentally, Hodge had been in New Orleans just as the deadly hurricane was approaching the city.
“People are trying to use him but not necessarily help him.”
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Filming in Austin, Texas, was a “hell of a time,” according to Hodge.
He also learned that no high school football players in Texas are exempt from criticism, even fictional ones.
“Because I suck at throwing.
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If I was actually going to play football, I’d be a linebacker.”
“How much better does it get?”
he says of the milestone day.
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That was the first time I ever felt super-confident coming out of an audition I just knew."
AndLeverageproved to be “the engine that kept going.”
“We’re literally shooting theLeveragereboot right now,” he says.
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“It’s nice to feel the energy back again, to have the old crew back together.
I feel like the crowd is going to be excited about it.”
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, 2015
Before starring as MC Ren in the hit N.W.A.
The lengthy and expansive casting search continued, with producers eventually returning with another offer: MC Ren.
Upon studying the “prolific writer,” Hodge decided he could “do him justice.”
“I can’t even hear when it is them and when it is us.”
“It is weird,” admits Hodge, who played Det.
“I wish I could go back to that time,” he says.
“I would have taken far more advantage knowing what I know now.”
At this point I didn’t care what I thought.
If Regina King says she wants to see you audition, you’re going to audition."
And being in that position in 2021 means more important responsibilities than ever.
And is this who I really want to be?'"
BLACK ADAM, 2022
Meet Hawkman.
“You know I can’t say nothing aboutBlack Adam,” he says with a laugh.
“All I can say is that, yes, I’m absolutely excited.
And there will be no punches pulled here.
City on a Hillreturns to Showtime on Sunday.
