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50 Cent, Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr., & More Roast Each Other

50 Cent, Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr., & More Roast Each Other

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It's a full house in the Young Hollywood Studio as we welcome the fine men of 'Den of Thieves', including Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and writer/director Christian Gudegast! The co-stars dish on their friendly(?) rivalry with each other, plus 50 explains how the movie was really his and discusses possible Broadway aspirations!

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Young Hollywood

What's happening, guys? This is Young Hollywood, and we are in studio today with the men of Den of Thieves.

Gerard Butler

Yes, I'm here. I'm here. They're all here.

Young Hollywood

Uh you look a little less intimidating than in the movie, so thank you. Nice. I like the smile. Well, you're not smiling. There we go. There we go.

Gerard Butler

I'm a soft and cuddly teddy bear.

Young Hollywood

Um but welcome. And Christian, welcome back. You know, you're sitting on your face. I love sitting on my face. That's fun. No, but 50, you know, it's not the same. It's just No, but in the movie your character um isn't super lighthearted. But this is a fun group. Do you have any fun behind the scenes stories or anything that happened when the cameras weren't rolling? That's fun memories with these guys. I have a feeling there's a few.

Gerard Butler

You know what was interesting was more about the camaraderie and the time Or Or rather the competition and the time that we spent apart. We would have separate dinners because, you know, we were the cops and the robbers, and it We shot. It's not just it's like 50 Cent: I'm no problem. I have no problem. I just want people to know that this is my movie.

Young Hollywood

We've been doing interviews all day, and uh I can sense the rivalry between I can sense rivalry between

Gerard Butler

Oh, yeah. It's cool. I'm in the movie, too. He's He's the lone cop here. 50 Cent: Exactly.

Gerard Butler

So I I was always surrounded by my boys on the movie, and now I'm These are all my major competitors. But Christian would have to go and have dinner with them, and then leave their dinner and come and have dinner with us. And we'd be like, what are they saying? What are they doing? 50 Cent: Let me tell you something really funny that happened now. We We had dinner one time. We was at the uh with Benihana? Yeah. Benihana. And he was talking. He was so busy talking like cuz he had put on weight for the actual film, so he put He was like 25 pounds heavier. And then he He's sitting there, and he's like, "Yeah, yeah." He's talking to Christian. And he's chewing, and he's chewing. And he's like, "Oh, it's What kind of fish is this?" He's really chewing. He's eating chicken. Raw chicken. You ate raw chicken. Because he didn't get sick.

Gerard Butler

Because I didn't actually get sick. No, but he's saying, "He's so big neck cuz he's an apex predator. And he eats up Any See the way you're looking? That's big neck." So I'm like, "Yeah. Yeah. And he See the way your whole neck lines? That's big neck." So I'm like, "Yeah." And I'm eating the fish, which I thought was fish. I'm chewing the plate. Wait. I'm coming to the second plate. He goes, "Dude, what what are you?" That's raw chicken. 50 Cent: But the funny part is if you would've seen my face cuz I'm looking like, "What does he do?" I'm saying cuz I know it's chicken. I could see it's chicken from when I'm at. 50 cent recognizes chicken at all times. At all times.

Young Hollywood

50 I've uh I've seen your show, 50 Central. You're a bit of a prankster. We all know this now. Did you pull any 50 Cent: No. 50 cent is mean.

Young Hollywood

Did we Did you play some pranks on these guys? 50 Cent: No, there was no pranks going on.

Young Hollywood

I don't believe that. 50 Cent: No, we were just We just had a lot of fun while we were actually filming. Because we were together, like like the We separated the the regulators This is why The reason why it's a little lopsided like there's more outlaws than regulators is because this is my movie. And I need my support. So I got Pablo. I got O'Shea. And you don't have your crew.

Gerard Butler

I don't have my crew. This is actually painful. I just like to thank 50 for bringing us along on his press tour. 50 Cent: I just want you guys here to I want you guys here to share this moment.

Gerard Butler

We just want to support him and his movie.

Young Hollywood

And I love that the movie brought you guys together. Pablo, are you If you go back to Broadway, are you bringing 50?

Guest

Absolutely. Absolutely. To To watch. I I heard you can dance. We're gonna do We're gonna do True West, a little like brother action. Yeah? Yeah?

Gerard Butler

Yeah, but it's not even about where he's gonna bring him. It's like 50's coming. Wherever you go He's gonna show up. 50 will show up at my at my Broadway uh re-emergence. And he'll have a 20-minute speech planned out for uh how it's his play. And we'll listen to it. And it's gonna be amazing. 50 Cent: If you let me talk to the people before the production gets going. It can be my play. He's like, it'll be more people there to see it.

Gerard Butler

By the way, I just want to say, the two lines that 50 says in this movie are fantastic. Oh, my God. They're amazing. 50 Cent: Listen. Listen.

Gerard Butler

Well delivered. 50 Cent: Listen. Listen. That was a good one. That was a good one. But you know you stop laughing cuz you took my lines. Oh, my God. Look, he took my lines. A lot of it. When we come into the actual Look, when we come in when we bust into the bank, We bust into the bank with the machine guns. The first thing when he says, "Get on the floor." And it's like I'm supposed to say the next line. What was it? What was it? You said, "We're not here to hurt you." He said, "We're not here to hurt you. We're here for the money." Now look, that's what I was supposed to say. He wrote that. This was my This was what I agreed to. Right? But then when we did it, Christian when he said he said my line. I said, "Yo." He said my line. Christian, he didn't say nothing. I don't want to create a reputation for being deaf. 50 So he sh Christian, just shoot Shoot the camera. Shoot the camera. I just stopped I shot the camera on the roof instead of saying the line.

Gerard Butler

Play through. He played through it well. And now he's trying to say I have no lines in the movie. You took my lines.

Young Hollywood

Well, what was the question? Well, we're out of time. We're out of time. Yeah. But to to close out the interview, can you each give your best regulator or outlaws face to camera just to prepare people for this movie? Cuz this takes some preparation, you know.

Gerard Butler

Should we do it all at one time?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, just Just We'll break it all at one time. Just go right here to center camera. Should I give a countdown or is it just a straight up? I'll give you a countdown. I'll count down from three. Same time. Same time. Ready? Three, two, one.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Gerard Butler

    Cast member of 'Den of Thieves' and interviewee.

  • Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

    Cast member of 'Den of Thieves' and interviewee.

  • Pablo Schreiber

    Cast member of 'Den of Thieves' and interviewee.

  • O'Shea Jackson Jr.

    Cast member of 'Den of Thieves' and interviewee.

  • Christian Gudegast

    Writer/director of 'Den of Thieves' and interviewee.

FAQ

Who are the main actors in 'Den of Thieves' interviewed here?+
The main actors from 'Den of Thieves' interviewed are Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, and O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Who directed 'Den of Thieves'?+
Christian Gudegast is the writer and director of 'Den of Thieves'.
What funny story did 50 Cent share about Gerard Butler?+
50 Cent shared a story about Gerard Butler accidentally eating raw chicken at Benihana, mistaking it for fish.
Does 50 Cent have Broadway aspirations?+
Yes, Pablo Schreiber suggested that 50 Cent could join him on Broadway, performing a play like 'True West'.
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