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‘Bodied’ battles to be more than just a rap movie
He says he wants to be an actor until he’s 80 and doesn’t want to be typecast. (File Photo By Valder Beebe Show/Wikimedia commons, CC BY 3.0)
NEW YORK – On the surface, the new film “Bodied” may not seem like the right fit for an actor known for being on the Disney Channel.
But for Calum Worthy, it couldn’t be more perfect.
He says he wants to be an actor until he’s 80 and doesn’t want to be typecast.
The Joseph Kahn-directed “Bodied” is about a University of California graduate student, played by Worthy, who becomes entrenched in battle rap after using the genre as his thesis.
Eminem serves as a producer.
The world of battle rap is a far cry from the world of political correctness, with profanity and obscene insults often thrown at the opponent, in the name of sport and with the hope of winning.
