Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi has landed his next acting project…
The 28-year-old part-Mexican American singer/music producer-turned-actor has been cast in DreamWorks’ Need for Speed, the film adaptation of the EA video game to be directed by Scott Waugh.
Need for Speed, which stars Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper and Imogen Poots on ’70s-style fast-paced high-octane cars. Paul plays Tobey Marshall, who races cross country at impossible speeds from New York to Los Angeles to get revenge on the man who killed his best friend.
Mescudi will play Paul’s best friend in the film.
Kid Cudi, as he’s known in the music world, made his acting debut in HBO’s How To Make It In Americaand most recently appeared in the indie film Two Night Stand. He’s also had a guest-starring roles on The Cleveland Show and One Tree Hill.
Mescudi, who has worked with Kanye West, David Guetta and most recently Jaden Smith, has contributed to soundtracks for DreamWorks’ Fright Night andThe Hunger Games, which earned him an MTV Movie Award nod.
Ramon Rodriguez’s speeding days have been pushed back… The release of the 33-year-old Puerto Rican actor’s latest film Need for Speed has been pushed back to a later date next year. The film will now open in U.S. theaters on March 14, 2014, five weeks later than its original release…
Kid Cudi has found a new entourage… The 30-year-old part-Mexican American singer-songwriter and actor has been cast in the film version of HBO’s hit series Entourage. Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, will portray Ari Gold’s (Jeremy Piven) new assistant now that Lloyd (Rex Lee) has moved up…
Kid Cudi is heading to the Meadowlands... The 30-year-old part-Mexican American hip-hop artist-turned-actor, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, has been cast in the psychological drama Meadowland. Directed by award-winning cinematographer Reed Morano in her directing debut, the film centers on Sarah (Olivia Wilde) and David (Luke Wilson), a New…
