When I jumped onto the Zoom call with Mr. Cuba Gooding Jr., there was no picture...only a blank screen with his name on it. My camera was on, and I had actually done my hair and make up that morning...and I was HOPING I would get to see his face! Well, when he saw my camera on...he turned his on...and there it was...that legendary SMILE of the one and only Cuba. What a pleasure to speak with him. I hope you enjoy listening in on our conversation. :)
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. broke thru as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991). Then he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a football star in Jerry Maguire (1996). His other notable films include Outbreak (1995), As Good as It Gets (1997), What Dreams May Come (1998), Men of Honor (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Rat Race (2001), The Fighting Temptations (2003), Radio (2003), American Gangster (2007), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), The Butler (2013), and Selma (2014). He voiced Buck the Horse in the animated feature film Home on the Range (2004).
For his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and co-starred in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016). He played Ben Carson in the film Gifted Hands (2009).
Gooding Jr. made his Broadway debut playing Ludie Watts in the 2013 revival of the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful. In 2018, he played Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway.
ABOUT ANGELS FALLEN: WARRIORS OF PEACE, AVAILABLE ON DEMAND NOW
Uncork'd Entertainment is releasing the action thriller ANGELS FALLEN: WARRIORS OF PEACE On Digital and On Demand July 9.
The film is a sequel to the 2020 action horror Angels Fallen and stars Denise Richards (Starship Troopers), Josh Burdett (Loving Vincent), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), and UFC legend Randy Couture (The Expendables).
ANGELS FALLEN: WARRIORS OF PEACE follows an Iraq War veteran called by a higher power, who embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
Director Ali Zamani, known for his work on the first installment and the horror thriller Incision, helmed the next chapter of the franchise. Featuring robust VFX and exhilarating action sequences, the film is set to captivate fans of both genre and superhero films.
Official Synopsis: Haunted by the war in Iraq, a depressed and faithless Gabriel is approached by the mysterious Balthazar, who recruits Gabriel to stop the evil Archangel Michael from raising an army of the dead to take over the world. With the help of his old platoon, Gabriel sets off to find the Warriors of Peace, their only hope in defeating Michael and his army.
Here's the trailer:
