In one scene-stealing cameo from James Corden as an M&M-munching record executive, they’re asked where they come from.<\/p>\n
Beverley Hills, they say. The estate, they add. The projects, they correct – too late.<\/p>\n
“These are cornerstones of hip-hop,” says McAvoy. “That authenticity and that sense of place in the streets that made you.<\/p>\n
“That is the lifeblood of rap music and hip-hop music, and they had to sacrifice that.<\/p>\n
“But you have to accept that comes at a price.”<\/p>\n
McAvoy, who has appeared in 30 films including Filth, Atonement, and X-Men, set the bar high for his cast \u2013 who had to act, rap, skateboard and perform at a specially arranged gig at Glasgow’s Barrowland for 2,000 extras.<\/p>\n
“I needed them to be able to skateboard, beatbox, freestyle,” McAvoy said. “But I needed them to have chemistry.<\/p>\n
“The film’s not about two individuals, it’s about a friendship.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one scene-stealing cameo from James Corden as an M&M-munching record executive, they’re asked where they come from.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":["post-528679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}