Ludacris says “Dashing Through the Snow” is a modern holiday movie
Clark Griswold, Buddy the Elf and Ralphie better reserve a spot at the Christmas movie table Ludacris because he comes down the chimney with a new Christmas story, Running through the snow.
“Man, it was a blast making this movie,” says Ludacris We weekly exclusive, “because for me there are much deeper themes going on.”
In the new Disney+ film, Ludacris, 46, plays Atlanta-based social worker Eddie Garrick, a man who lacks the Christmas spirit due to a traumatic childhood experience. While he was helping his 9-year-old daughter Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum) working with him, they meet a mysterious man named Nick in a red suit who, through a magical adventure, could help Eddie find his love for the holidays again. (Lil Rel Howerywhich appeared Out, Judas and the Black MessiahAnd Good hamburger 2portrays Nick.)
“A lot of [Dashing Through the Snow] is about healing,” says Ludacris Usadding that the film emphasizes the importance of “getting therapy and trying to understand and identify your post-traumatic stress and things you had as a child.”
The film addresses the struggles of “trying to be the best self you can be in order to be the best for others,” but still has the hallmarks of a classic holiday story.
“But in terms of the Christmas cheer and the fact that it becomes a staple of a Christmas movie, I think it has all the elements, man,” he says. “The comedic element, the heartfelt elements, it definitely has the Christmas elements. You see Santa Claus in a different light, a completely different light – a darker light at that.”
Lil Rel Howery as Nick and Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges as Eddie in ‘Dashing Through the Snow’.
Steve Dietl/DisneyLudacris says Us That Running through the snow offers a “modernized” take on the St. Nick mythos, adding: “Santa has an iPad and an iPhone and keys. That’s a different approach. It’s a completely different view.”
Ludacris isn’t afraid to do something different. As his music career took off in the early 2000s, he took on the role of Tej Parker 2 Fast 2 Furious. Over the next few decades, he returned to the Fast franchise, appearing in films such as Crash, Hustle & Flow, New Year’s Eve And Johannes Hendrik.
This artistic versatility reflects the creativity of Ludacris’ colleagues from Atlanta, André 3000 And Big Boi, also known as hip-hop duo OutKast. Luda spoke to Us after Big Boi was inducted Kate Bush into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and days before Andre released his experimental jazz flute album, New blue sun.
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“I think we’ve become a lot more corporate and trying to diversify our portfolios in terms of the arts,” Ludacris explains, reflecting on how he and his fellow Atlanta-based artists have experimented outside the hip-hop world. .
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Courtesy of State Farm“Nowadays not many people are just rappers because it’s about music,” he notes. “But having said that, it’s about expressing yourself in different ways and being open to that, and just not having one channel. I think it’s been embraced and people are realizing it, man.”
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“We want to give our hearts to the world and sometimes our hearts go in a different direction,” he continues. “John Singleton‘ is the man responsible for many people from the music world being included in films. He asked me to try it 2 Fast 2 Furious, and the rest is history. I have the role. I was on tour with Eminem at the time, and from then on, man, that’s what got me interested and loving being a part of the film industry.
That love will be on display in Ludacris’ new State Farm campaign as well as his new film, Running through the snow, now streaming on Disney+.