Nick Cannon Turned Down T.I.’s Role In “ATL”
Nick Cannon is a man of many talents, who is known for a myriad of things. One of which is acting. Recently, the Wildin’ Out host spoke with HipHopDX about T.I.’s comments about him auditioning for his role in the film Drumline. When asked about this, Nick Cannon told the publication, “Yeah, I know about that.” “I’ve interviewed T.I. and he’s interviewed me a couple times and we always talk about that story.” Additionally the mogul mentioned, “…he gets mad at me like, ‘Why you always got to bring that up?’” Even though the King of the South’s failed audition is public knowledge now. Most probably aren’t aware that Cannon also audition for T.I.P’s role in the 2006 film ATL.
“I don’t know if he elaborated on this when he was talking to Shannon Sharpe, I was supposed to do ATL,” Cannon said. Additionally, he made these comments before mentioning that both movies were about Grammy Award-winning, musician, songwriter, and producer Dallas Austin. Consequently, Dallas produced both films. Nick Cannon revealed to the publication that Dallas had both scripts done. However, Cannon was presented with two roller skating movies that year. One being Jellybeans (the original name for ATL) and Roll Bounce (classic). “The bag was a little bigger over at Roll Bounce with less days work; so I chose that one,” he revealed.
Nick Cannon’s A Textbook Bag Chaser
Furthermore, the businessman elaborated further saying that he did it for the “bag.” “Cause I was doing another movie,” Cannon added. “I was like, ‘I could do this one and still complete the other project.’” He continued, “‘Or I could go back down to Atlanta for a few months and not get paid as much.’ I did it for the bag.” While an alternate universe where Nick Cannon is taking his chain back from New New sounds cool. His role as B-Nard in Roll Bounce is undoubtedly one of his coolest side characters.
ATL is a great coming-of-age film. T.I. was the right one for the job, he portrayed Rashad perfectly. What are your thoughts on both films? Would Nick Cannon have been better in ATL? Would T.I. have been better suited for Drumline? Let us know in the comments below!
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