The Urban Daily » hip-hop acting http://theurbandaily.com The eyes and ears for African-Americans looking for what's hot online, on the airwaves, on TV, in the theaters and on the streets. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:28:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 The Urban Dailyhttp://theurbandaily.com/files/2010/08/tud_logo_220x100_web.pnghttp://theurbandaily.com 50 Cent Plays Gangster In U.K. Flick (Surprise, Surprise) http://theurbandaily.com/movies/the-urban-daily-staff/50-cent-plays-gangster-in-uk-flick-surprise-surprise/ http://theurbandaily.com/movies/the-urban-daily-staff/50-cent-plays-gangster-in-uk-flick-surprise-surprise/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:09:23 +0000 The Urban Daily http://theurbandaily.com/?p=65861 50 Cent Plays Gangster In U.K. Flick (Surprise, Surprise) Talk about typecasting. According to Billboard.com 50 Cent plays a ruthless loan shark in the London gangland movie Dead Man Running, which began shooting today (Nov. 19). Also cast are Brenda Blethyn ("Secrets And Lies") Tamer Hassan ("Layer Cake"), Danny Dyer ("The Business"), and Monet Mazur ("Stoned"). Writ... Read more..]]>

Talk about typecasting. According to Billboard.com 50 Cent plays a ruthless loan shark in the London gangland movie Dead Man Running, which began shooting today (Nov. 19).

Also cast are Brenda Blethyn (“Secrets And Lies”) Tamer Hassan (“Layer Cake”), Danny Dyer (“The Business”), and Monet Mazur (“Stoned”).

Writer/director Alex de Rakoff’s script details the story of an ex-con trying to go straight who is given 24 hours to raise $150,000 to pay off 50 Cent’s loan shark or become a “dead man running.”

Read more about this HERE at Billboard.com.

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