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Oct 25, 2018 · Mike Epps answers everything you want to know about Love Jacked live in studio! In theaters Friday, October 26th. MAYA (Amber Stevens West) a headstrong daughter with artistic ambitions – a ...
- 31 min
- 2.6K
- Inner City Films
Love Jacked - Now available on NETFLIX. Starring Amber Stevens West (Maya), Shamier Anderson (Malcolm), Mike Epps (Uncle Rufus), Keith David (Ed), and Marla ...
- 2 min
- 724.3K
- Inner City Films
Love Jacked is a sophisticated small-town romantic comedy centered on Maya, a headstrong 28-year-old with artistic ambitions, and her father Ed, who wants a ...
A great family movie with a good moral undertone - but never preaching. A nice theme of redemption, a couple of contenents and no shortage of laughts. Made me think about parenting skills - never a bad thing!
- Amber Stevens West Stars in A CBS Show
- Filmed in Africa For Three Weeks
- Shamier Anderson Is Canadian and of Jamaican Heritage
- This Is Anderson’s First Released Movie Role
- The Director Broke His Foot on Location
- Vet Actors Provide Spice
- Not Your Typical Africa
- Love For The Rom-Com Or Watch Out Julia Roberts
- Best Part of Movie For Cast
Love Jacked was filmed two years ago, before Stevens West starred as Claire in the CBS comedy, Happy Together. Co-star Felix Mallardwas at the screening cheering her on.
“Then we did a pre-production of about three or four weeks,” says director Adetuyi. The crew shot pre-production in Toronto near Lake Ontario, standing in for California.
But he played American and, Nigerian in the movie (spoiler alert). “I’m from the Caribbean so I had to fine-tune the accent by working with a dialect coach. Before going into the accent, I want to understand the culture. I want to understand the foundation — you know, Nigeria, South Africa, just understand the full scope before I dived in and start...
But there will be more. He has roles in the Nicole Kidman movie, Destroyerscheduled to open in December and in an untitled Drake Doremus project. And a bonus fact here: Shamier Anderson’s younger brother is actor Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk, Homecoming)
While filming a scene in a “nice apartment with the pool.” “They had this little thing beside the pool and I was doing a shot and boom!”
Marla Gibbs has a main supporting role. The Jeffersons and 227 actress keeps her SAG card active in Love Jackedas well as guest roles on This Is Us, American Horror Story, and Scandal. Distinguished actor Keith David obviously took some time off from Greenleafto play Stevens West’ dad. Mike Epps and Anderson were allowed by the director to ad-lib s...
Shamier Anderson: “I’d never been to Africa before and I was able to go and check it out in my off time and check out just how much North America puts Africa into such a box. And how beautiful and how amazing it is, those mansions and seeing black people flourish. I’m not saying that for shock value. It was like, wow, they’re not in villages and hu...
“Rom-Coms are my favorite movies,” says Stevens West. “I always wanted to star in one so the opportunity to do this was incredibly exciting. My favorite Rom Com is probably Love Actually. It’s very different from this movie because it’s got an ensemble cast and 18 different storylines. But this one is a really good, feel-good movie and I was excite...
“I had a lot of fun with the driving stuff,” says Stevens West. “I had to learn how to drive a car in Africa on the other side of the road. I had to drive a pickup truck and it was considered stunt driving. It may not look fast but it was really fast. It was on these dirt roads and they were trusting me with a bunch of cameramen in the pickup truck...
Love Jacked. Maya, a headstrong artist, travels to Africa for inspiration and returns with a fiance.
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- Romance, Comedy
- PG-13
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Love Jacked: Directed by Alfons Adetuyi. With Amber Stevens West, Shamier Anderson, Keith David, Lyriq Bent. MAYA, has artistic ambitions - her father ED wants a dutiful daughter to run the family store.
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