Interview: Tyrese Gibson on Showing His Dramatic Side in 1992, His New Album

too I I love this performance because uh in a lot of these films you're just the most charismatic man in the room I feel like that's very easy for you we get to see your full dramatic side here um in a lot of range here and uh your character he did time he clearly wants to stay away from violence but the film's just not having that and you do a great job of showing that reluctance and wanting more for his son so how was it portraying those elements of uh Mercer I don't have a son but I portray that life every day because I have a two daughters uh and so you just want to always be able to instill what you know and what you understand about people about life about danger about love about friendships and you know my son was robbed of that for me because you know I'm in and out of jail and just living this uh uncomfortable life and when his mother in the film and his grandmother died tragically in an accident I ended up with full custody so let the games begin um I'm going to introduce you to my Alpha and me as a father and me like when we have when we say we're going this way it's not some back and forth like what we're doing is not up for discussion and you got to really insert that level of uh respect in your kids uh whether you've had a presence in their life or not they're not your friends they're your kids and I really wanted to keep nudging at that Dynamic you know in in the movie and and I'm really glad that it turned out the way it did and you know then we also got Roda and his son Scott Eastwood with the same exact dynamic so there's this really power ful duality of father son um and you know so again I tell people that if you're trying to watch a movie about riots and looting that's this is not it that's that's an element of it but this movie it's it's like really a lot of colors and a lot of um nuances that we've never seen in the film out of South Central LA and it's also the mo the most diverse cast of Any South Central film in history yeah there are great points and uh as you mentioned the the the riots are in the background of this film and there's this great scene where you're looking for your son while the riots are occurring and uh it is just something else they capture it so well how was it filming that because uh I know you were 13 when the Rodney King trial happened so uh you know it had to be personal to be seeing that Recreation um it reminded me of how scared I was right so you leave your house you jump on a truck with you know you and your homies your Mexican homies and you get you you go let's go hit a swap me a Radio Shack at the time the boys Supermarket a bunch of stores that ain't around no more you know we just was like making our round but we were scared really scared you know I think other than Regin o Denny when they when they threw rocks at that brother I think other than Reginal Denny I don't really know of anybody else who went to jail and did any real time and prosecuted for murders and you know vandalism and burglary cuz it was Open Season to do whatever you want which is which is like why so many people died you know shop owners at the top just shooting people from the roofs just stopping people from breaking in their stores no one got prosecuted it was just if you show up to loot and ride and protest good luck it's dangerous out there and I experienced it really wonderful film thank you so much for your time tyres and it's nice seeing this uh your full dramatic range in a role I loved it I love you in the fast movies but it's it's refreshing seeing you really go all out acting so congrats on that thank you so much I wanted to uh share with you before I go that I'm dropping a double album executive produced by David Foster The Legend on the same day is this movie it's called Beautiful Pain and the reason I'm sitting here you got a real beard mine is uh all makeup uh and hair uh cuz we're still in the middle of filming a short film uh produced by David Foster as well called Wildflower uh dedicated to my mother so um I just released a little snippet of the trailer today I would love for you to see it it's on my last Instagram post but beautiful pain is coming Friday August 30th Labor Day weekend it's a double vinyl double album it's all live and it's about my divorce and me trusting love again and falling in love again and and discovering that you can go through something really dark and it actually sets you up for something really beautiful so that's why it's called beautiful painting [Music]