#8 MILE ANTHONY MACKIE FREE#
Papa Doc first appears at the beginning of the film, rapping against "Shorty Mike" at the shelter, with the support of The Leaders Of Tha Free World. Unfortunately, Hanson had no desire to add additional battles to the script. Mackie was determined to defend himself and asked director Curtis Hanson if he could fight back. Mackie admits that everything Eminem said was true, but he didn't think it was fair that the rapper was getting so personal with him. He literally walked over and said this gonna be dope.”įrom his statement above, Anthony Mackie realized Eminem planned to embarrass him on stage by using real information from his life During the shot of the final rap battle. Marshall… I grew up in a nice house, my parents were nice to me, why are you making fun of me. And then I’m like ‘That’s a little personal Mr. So before the entire 8 Mile final battle, he googles me and learns about me and all that stuff he basically makes fun of me as Papa Doc. He’s like ‘no, no just some character stuff’. “There was this one day, we were sitting on the set and Eminem comes over and he’s like ‘what’s up man, I was reading a script and there is no reason for me not to like you, you are cool dude, I like you’ and then I said ‘I like you too.’ And then he was like ‘Cool, So you don’t mind if I add some stuff in the script about you? I was like ‘About me or the character?’. On the Rich Eisen Show, Anthony Mackie recalls a never-before-told story about the ultimate battle between B-Rabbit (Eminem) and Papa Doc from the film " 8 Mile", actor Anthony Mackie, best known for his role in Marvel Studios films, reveals a never-before-told behind-the-scenes story from the set of his 2002 film ' 8 Mile' in which he collaborated with Detroit rapper Eminem, Anthony says: Papa Doc frequently torments B-crew, even threatening them with violence and weapons, but in the end, B-Rabbit defeats Papa Doc and his gang by exposing all of the latter's secrets, proving he is a wannabe, Anthony Mackie played him in both his film debut and his first villain role. Papa Doc is the main antagonist in the semi-biographical drama film 8 Mile, he is a gang leader of " Tha Free World", whom are the local rivals of Jimmy " B-Rabbit" Smith and his friends.
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