Anthony Mackie tells how studying Shakespeare helped him play on Eminem’s “8 Mile” Posted on March 7, 2021 By Remy Gelenidze One of the Hollywood’s power players, Anthony Mackie, whose latest film, Outside the Wire, is currently trending on Netflix, has recently visited Hot Ones on First We Feast where the host asked the actor how did he prepare for a Papa Doc role in Eminem’s 8 Mile movie, on which he replied:“You know what’s interesting? I find myself very lucky to have studied Shakespeare. When you look at Shakespeare, the way he wrote, he wrote in verse. So the idea of approaching a rapper from the perspective of an actor, you are really just speaking in poems. I always said, one of the greatest rappers that ever lived was William Shakespeare. So It helped a lot as far as being able to understand the cadence, the verse, the meter and putting those words in rhyming couplets and into form.” You can watch the interview below: RECENT RELATED ARTICLESKim Basinger sends lovely letter to Eminem after opening “Mom’s Spaghetti” restaurantOctober 10, 202150 Cent tells Jimmy Kimmel why Eminem didn’t pursue movie career after “8 Mile”September 17, 2021Roxy Shahidi says Eminem’s “8 Mile” changed her lifeJune 12, 2021Halsey to make a movie inspired by Eminem’s “8 Mile”May 20, 2021Seth Rogen reveals he auditioned for Eminem’s “8 Mile” but failed badlyMay 16, 2021Anthony Mackie says after “8 Mile” he was offered way too many gangster rolesApril 7, 2021 20218 MileAnthony MackieEminemInterviewShakespeare