Chris Brown recently spoke about his role in the upcoming movie with rapper T.I.:
Im playing a killer. Im not going to give anything else away! he said. Its a bank-robbing movie, so its one of those action-packed films. You get a little different side of me in that movie.
Those ideas were also put forth by T.I. when MTV News spoke with him about this and other film projects back in June.
You can definitely expect action, definitely, he said. It will be very entertaining.
Its a new-age, young, hip-hop [version of] Heat, Tip continued, referring to the 1995 flick that brought Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together. These are young, cool, well-dressed, articulate bank robbers. [Chris] be the little homey.
But Heist isnt the only movie Brown is adding to his résumé. Hes also expected to start work on several other movies, including Traded and the basketball flick Phenom, both of which are slated for release next year.
Brown has said he hopes his acting will make him a better performer when it comes to his live shows. At the end of the day, Im going to focus on my music first, he said. [But] me being onstage enhances me being in the movie, and then me being in the movie acting, catching characters gives me time to transform into a different character onstage.