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Is Kid Cudi’s rise as an action star around the corner? He’s certainly got a foot in the door with his next role. After impressing as a version of himself in
Don’t Look Up and a horny adult film star in
X, Cudi will play a police detective in veteran director John Woo’s upcoming action thriller,
Silent Night, according to
Deadline. Woo, known for such heart-pumping classics as
Hard Boiled,
Hard Target,
Face/Off, and the unfairly maligned
Mission: Impossible II, is directing Cudi alongside Joel Kinnaman, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Harold Torres in a genre-staple revenge story with a twist; there will be no dialogue in the film.
“Its a good day when Deadline posts about u,” Cudi tweeted. “Can’t wait for y’all to see this masterpiece from the GOD John Woo. Joel what’s good!!”
Its a good day when Deadline posts about u
cant wait for yall to see this masterpiece from the GOD John Woo. Joel whats good!!
https://t.co/rFUFxEtM3v
— The Chosen One : I
YOU FRESHIE 4EVER (@KidCudi)
April 4, 2022
Silent Night will be Woo’s first American production since 2003’s
Paycheck. However, he’s had an outsized impact on action cinema here, as well as on hip-hop; his Hong Kong classic
A Better Tomorrow was referenced by Wu-Tang Clan for their 2014 album of the same.
Kid Cudi, meanwhile, has been racking up Hollywood credits, including a role in his
X co-star Brittany Snow’s upcoming directorial debut,
September 17th. His own directorial debut,
Teddy, is also
currently in pre-production with backing from Jay-Z and
The Harder They Fall director Jeymes Samuel.
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