“We did his first movie together.
That was a good memory.”
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Later in the video, Mackie comes across the poster forHalf Nelson.
Anthony Mackie and Ryan Gosling in ‘Half Nelson’.Adam Bell/ThinkFilm
“I made a lot of dudes famous,” he says.
The actor also details a bizarre story from shooting the film near docks in Brooklyn.
“Where is this cat from?
Ryan picks up the cat, nuzzles it, and starts rubbing the cat.”
Mackie was disgusted by his costar’s behavior.
“And I’m like, ‘Yo, you’re gonna catch something!'”
“That cat was nasty.
It was like mangy.
It looked like a creature in the ‘Thriller’ video withMichael Jackson.
That’s how it was walking.
He picked that s— up, man!
He picked that s— up!
That boy is wild.
True story, ask him.”
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“I had worked out to get up to like 205 pounds,” he says.
It was a massive undertaking."
All of Mackie’s effort was for naught, however.
“When he walked in, I literally looked like a 12-year-old child.
And then I got to go to WrestleMania and sit ringside and watch the Rock wrestle.”
Mackie also tells the tale of his travels after he completed shootingThe Hurt Lockerin 2007.
“I was like, ‘That sounds crazy.
I want in.’
He was like, ‘Alright, cool.'”
He continues, “So final day of shooting, he brought like three camels.
[I] get on the camel, I ride from Amman, Jordan to Saudi Arabia.
Watch the full video interview with Mackie above.
