Anthony Mackie will never forget his first. Discussing his film debut in 8 Mile, Mackie remembered star Eminem as "such a brilliant dude" on Tuesday's episode of Pivot Podcast. He recalled a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anthony Mackie revealed on a podcast that Eminem used his real-life story as inspiration for the infamous "8 Mile" rap battle.

Anthony Mackie didn’t lose himself while filming the final 8 Mile rap battle against Eminem — but he did he recall things getting very personal. “We’re doing the movie and, you know, Eminem is just ...

Anthony Mackie is a Hollywood superstar today, but twenty years ago he was the butt of Eminem's scathing bars. Anthony Mackie claimed the rapper cobbled together information about him during ...

More than two decades after '8 Mile' hit theaters, Anthony Mackie reveals an untold story behind the iconic rap battle scene from the Eminem-fronted Oscar-winning movie. AceShowbiz - When "8 Mile" hit ...

Eminem was actually dissing Anthony Mackie, not his character, during 8 Mile‘s climactic rap battle, according to the actor. Speaking on The Pivot podcast, Mackie revealed that Em used details about ...

A Marvel star made his big screen debut in “8 Mile,” and he’ll never forget it. Anthony Mackie, who played battle rapper Papa Doc in the 2002 movie, revealed in a new interview that Eminem used ...

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