Southpaw stars Jake Gyllenhaal and 50 Cent cover the August 2015 issue of Vibe. 50 Cent, who plays the manager to Gyllenhaal’s Billy Hope, discusses how Eminem was originally supposed to step into Jake’s role. The rapper turned actor shares, “He was like, ‘Yo, Jake looks fuckin’ crazy in that movie. I’m glad it worked out the right way. It went the right way.’ When you’re around something, you’re reading it and you’re comfortable with the material. And then you actually see it on the screen and you go, ‘Damn. Look at this.'” Read more at Vibe.com.
