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Superfly's Trevor Jackson & Jason Mitchell's First Impressions

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Actors Trevor Jackson and Jason Mitchell strut into the Young Hollywood Studio to give us the lowdown on their remake of funk-tastic '70s classic, 'Superfly', including filming in Atlanta and achieving the perfect Youngblood Priest 'do! Plus, the twosome reveal their first impressions of each other!

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Young Hollywood

What up Young Hollywood? I am here with Trevor Jackson and Jason Mitchell.

Young Hollywood

What is?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

What's Gucci?

Jason Mitchell

We are living life right now, I'd say.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Yeah yeah yeah, everything's good.

Young Hollywood

I can tell. Well, welcome back.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

And welcome.

Jason Mitchell

First time.

Young Hollywood

It's so good to see you guys.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Yes.

Jason Mitchell

For real.

Young Hollywood

We're very excited. So, can we please talk about Superfly? Please.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Let's do it.

Jason Mitchell

Superfly is about the hair, the fashion, the women, the cars. It's all a part of the look. That's Superfly.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Only guac-amole.

Jason Mitchell

Yes.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Kind of That's how I feel.

Jason Mitchell

Exactly. Like guac-amole.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

No, like billboards everywhere.

Jason Mitchell

Yeah, wild. Wild man. In New York, in like everywhere, yeah.

Young Hollywood

So, when you guys saw the, the billboards, first thought. What did you guys do? Did you snap?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Those are like the things that inspire you to, you know, want to do it. Uh not the sole reason, but it's a, it's a part of it. So to be able to see, yeah. Right? So to be able to see uh just everything kind of come to fruition and just see all the hard work kind of be put out to in front of the world is kind of wild. They don't tell you that part. You know what I mean? They have like a lot

Young Hollywood

They don't tell you what?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Like when it's going up or when they're gonna start advertising or anything like that. You just drive down the road. Yeah, you know, you're like Oh, you're about to wreck your car. You know what I mean? Like, cuz you see yourself. It's crazy. Like, you know what I mean?

Young Hollywood

So, have you guys worked together before?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

No.

Jason Mitchell

No.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

It feel like Yeah, it feels like we know each other forever. It's weird.

Young Hollywood

So how was the chemistry when you guys first got on set?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

First day it was rocky. Second day, best friends forever.

Young Hollywood

Wait, stop. What do you what do you mean rocky?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

No, it's just cuz you know, we were both trying to feel each other. Like, this who's this guy? Who's this guy? And you got the interesting

Jason Mitchell

And you got the tail. What's what is he using the tail?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Right. So, but uh and then the second day, you know, we just kind of got more to know each other and really communicate. We just have so many similar values and and morals and why we do it and uh you know, how we love to entertain and just focus on our craft and Yeah. He's a good guy, man. And that's I think that's more important than anything that you work with anybody that you work with is they got to be good people.

Jason Mitchell

Absolutely.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Gotta have good hearts and he definitely.

Young Hollywood

When's your birthday?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

August 30th. So, you are a Virgo.

Young Hollywood

When's yours?

Jason Mitchell

I'm a Capricorn. I'm January 5th.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Mm. Very compatible.

Jason Mitchell

Yeah. I'm like I'm that guy.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Oh, that's what I was gonna say. As soon as you asked me, I was like, oh, he's that guy. In my head. Get away from me. Get away from me. In my head, I was like, he's that guy. You just asked me about. I hate you so much.

Young Hollywood

What are you?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

I'm an Aries.

Young Hollywood

Aries. Yeah. Okay. My sister's an Aries.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Oh, I like I'm compatible with all of you.

Jason Mitchell

Yeah. No. Aries are like, yeah. Okay. No, Aries. No, I know a lot of Aries. Aries are very cool.

Young Hollywood

Excuse me while I google this. Goodbye. What an Aries in their fashion? So, so hair. To me, that was the very first thing that I saw aside from the amazing trailer, your hair. Legendary. That press and curl was

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Yeah. Me, Joel, and X went back and forth uh when, you know, when we had all the test, we were doing curly and I was like, but it has to be straight because the original straight. And then we finally came to uh the agreement on making it. And the lady, I gotta give a shout out to Andrea. She's our the head of our hair department and she they killed it. I love it.

Young Hollywood

So, please tell us about your character. Eddie.

Jason Mitchell

Uh my character Eddie is I mean, pretty much everything I am and Trevor now. I had to sort of start in in this this whole career as like sort of the people's champ, you know what I mean? And and I'm now in this sort of this groove, you know what I mean? And Trevor, he jumps in sort of brand new, you know what I mean? And and he has to count on me and he has to trust me with everything. And that's what my character is built on. Just strictly trust and love and loyalty. You know what I mean? But it's a wild ride though, you know. Definitely. Sometimes you think Eddie's gonna jump ship. Uh oh. He never really going to. I knew that. Sorry, it's a thing we do.

Young Hollywood

Clearly, you guys you can tell that you have been around.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Yeah.

Jason Mitchell

That's for sure.

Young Hollywood

each other. So, you guys shot in ATL, right?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

ATL.

Young Hollywood

How was that?

Jason Mitchell

That was amazing. Food, always on point. And there's some

Young Hollywood

What'd you eat? Like your go-to.

Jason Mitchell

My go-to is Ubar wings. Lemon pepper wings. Um

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Oh yeah. Fire.

Jason Mitchell

Bae bae bae. Yes. What about four sides of ranch?

Young Hollywood

So, how many hours were you guys on set a day?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

17.

Jason Mitchell

17.

Young Hollywood

Really?

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Yeah, easily. That's one thing that I love about him because I'm He's only the person I've met that's like me where we can literally sleep and wake up and be ready to do anything. Like we have five minute break. We're like, we got five minutes, cool. Ready? Uh, just let's go. And go, you know what I mean? Right. But you got to get it in. How you gonna get it? Cuz you're not gonna get it.

Jason Mitchell

Yeah. We're like bums. Like, just fall asleep anywhere. They got a scene. They got a scene where he's like legit waking me up. But I was legit sleep.

Young Hollywood

Really?

Jason Mitchell

Sleep? For the take. I was like, he's like, how are you falling asleep that fast? Easy. You you get it when you can get it, right?

Young Hollywood

Oh my God. I love it. Get it in. Lastly, one word to describe Superfly. Besides Superfly.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Okay, yeah, that very Don't do it. Yeah. The credit credit. What did they come up with? Okay. Um, one word to describe Superfly is epic.

Young Hollywood

Mm. Ooh, I like that.

Jason Mitchell

I'll take that. I'd say timeless.

Young Hollywood

Mm. I love that. All right. I I right from the vernacular. I'm about it. I'm about it. I love that. Sweet. You guys, congratulations on everything.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Thank you man.

Jason Mitchell

For sure man.

Superfly's Trevor Jackson

Young Hollywood, we love you.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Trevor Jackson

    Actor in "Superfly" and interview guest

  • Jason Mitchell

    Actor in "Superfly" and interview guest

  • Joel

    Collaborated on hair decisions for "Superfly"

  • X

    Collaborated on hair decisions for "Superfly"

  • Andrea

    Head of hair department for "Superfly"

  • Youngblood Priest

    Character in "Superfly"

  • Eddie

    Jason Mitchell's character in "Superfly"

FAQ

What movie are Trevor Jackson and Jason Mitchell discussing?+
Trevor Jackson and Jason Mitchell are discussing their film "Superfly," a remake of the 1970s classic.
Where was "Superfly" filmed?+
"Superfly" was filmed in Atlanta.
What was Trevor Jackson's character's iconic hairstyle in "Superfly"?+
Trevor Jackson's character in "Superfly" had a legendary press and curl hairstyle, which was originally straight in the classic version.
What were Trevor Jackson and Jason Mitchell's first impressions of each other?+
Their first day together on set was rocky as they were feeling each other out, but by the second day, they became best friends.
Who was responsible for the hair department on "Superfly"?+
Andrea was the head of the hair department for "Superfly" and is credited with creating the character's look.
What is one word to describe "Superfly" according to Trevor Jackson and Jason Mitchell?+
Jason Mitchell described "Superfly" as "epic," while Trevor Jackson called it "timeless."
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