Ice Spice to Make Acting Debut Opposite Denzel Washington

Ice Spice has already taken the songs earth by storm — and now she’s aiming to do the similar in Hollywood.

A number of retailers verified on Wednesday, April 10, that the rapper, 24, has been cast in Spike Lee’s English-language reimagining of the 1963 crime thriller, Substantial and Small.

The movie, which has presently begun production, will have Ice Spice working along with Denzel Washington, who will consider on the primary part. Information bordering Ice Spice’s character have been retained below wraps, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, she will show up in a cameo.

Although this will be Ice Spice’s to start with time teaming up with Lee, 67, it will mark Washington’s fifth time collaborating with the director. The duo most not too long ago joined forces on 2006’s Within Man, as very well as 1998’s He Obtained Recreation, 1992’s Malcom X and 1990’s Mo’ Superior Blues.

The plot of the Substantial and Very low remake hasn’t been discovered, but the original Akira Kurosawa movie was primarily based on the novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain. It followed a businessman who observed himself in a tense hostage negotiation immediately after he’s told that his son was kidnapped and getting held for ransom.

Even though Significant and Lower will be Ice Spice’s initial main motion picture, she has dipped her toes into the acting globe in advance of. She appeared in a September 2023 Dunkin commercial opposite Ben Affleck. She also was directed by buddy Taylor Swift for the pair’s “Karma” remix online video, which she acquired an enchanting critique from the Eras Tour musician.

“I relate to Ice in quite a few ways, but I feel her commitment and concentration is what blew me absent from the pretty start,” Swift, 34, explained to Wide range in September 2023. “She’s very experienced with out remaining cold. Playful and entertaining devoid of ever having her eye off the prize. She is familiar with what is and isn’t ‘her’ and sets those boundaries with grace.”

Swift, 34, praised Ice Spice’s work ethic, introducing, “It’s her means to cautiously uncover that stability that impresses the hell out of me.”

Ice Spice initial shot to fame right after she introduced her 2022 single Munch (Feelin’ U). The following year, she unveiled “Boy’s a Liar, Pt 2” with PinkPantheress, followed by the remix of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” with Nicki Minaj, which was element of the Barbie movie’s soundtrack. Given that then, she has also been nominated for 4 Grammy’s such as Best New Artist, Finest Rap Tune, Most effective Tune for Written for Visual Media, and Most effective Pop Duo/Team Functionality.