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Topics: Entertainment, Machine Gun Kelly, Michael B. Jordan, Film and TV
Ellie Kemp
Topics: Entertainment, Machine Gun Kelly, Michael B. Jordan, Film and TV
Machine Gun Kelly says he turned down an audition for Sinners over a derogatory word in the script.
The 'Bloody Valentine' hitmaker, 35, has many strings to his bow; rapper, singer and, more recently, actor.
From portraying Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee in The Dirt to appearing in Netflix's Birdbox, you're bound to have seen him on your screen at some point or another - whether you realize it or not.
Well, the star recently revealed he turned down an audition for Michael B. Jordan blockbuster Sinners, which, having released in July, grossed $365.9 million worldwide.
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Set in 1932, the horror follows identical twins Elijah 'Smoke' and Elias 'Stack' Moore, who return to Clarksdale, Mississippi after years spent working for the Chicago mafia.
They plan to invest their mob‑earned cash in building a juke joint - a music venue meant to uplift their local Black community under oppressive segregation laws.
Despite their best intentions, the brothers soon learn of a greater evil lurking in the shadows.
Turns out, Machine Gun Kelly - real name Colson Baker - was offered an audition for the movie, but ultimately turned it down.
He appeared on Thursday's edition of The Pat McAfee Show (July 31), where he explained that he was would've needed to recite a racial slur as part of the screen test.
“Like ‘Sinners,’ I was supposed to be in that,” he said. “The vampire, they had me set up to do the audition - it’s the one that’s in the house, so he’s the second vampire, the one that the guy comes and eats the family."
Baker is likely referring to the character Bert, a KKK member who is turned by Remmick, the vampire portrayed by Jack O’Connell.
In the final version of Sinners, the role is played by Peter Dreimanis.
But Colson divulges that in the audition, he had to say the ‘n-word’ and 'I wouldn’t do it,' he adds.
“I have a lot of aspirations to be in movies, it just hasn’t panned out that way,” he continued, adding: “It’ll align. The angels will put something in the works.”
While Baker and Megan Fox welcomed daughter Saga earlier this year, Baker is also proud father to 16-year-old Casie Colson Baker, who he shares with ex Emma Cannon. Casie was born when Colson was just 18 years old.
In previous interviews, he vocally condemned rapper V-Nasty's use the racial slur.
In a 2011 chat with XXL magazine, he explained how he could never use the slur, adding: "My daughter’s Black. My whole team, with the exception of one of my managers, is Black. It’s a subject you just kinda grow up and respect."