#CARON BUTLER MOVIE MOVIE#

As we know, from the census reporting and things like that, there has been a low volume of traffic in the minority communities, so when you talk about the Black and Latinx communities, there has been somewhat of a lack of engagement. “… The major initiative is to continue to amplify the vote. “Those are my two wheelhouses, where I address all the ‘isms,'” Butler says.

#CARON BUTLER MOVIE MOVIE#

His own second act includes making films, beginning with a documentary of his life that has won Emmy and Telly Awards, a movie in production, a deal to publish children’s books and NBA analysis on television.īut this is 2020, and front and center for Caron Butler is his activism, his drive to “move the needle to the right side of justice.” It begins with unlocking the right to vote for those who have been disenfranchised, and he works for change as a board member of the Vera Institute for Justice and with LeBron James’ “More Than a Vote” campaign. I was very fortunate I had a big brother like Kobe Bryant that was giving me valuable advice and making me think of my second act while I was in the midst of my first.”īutler, 40, whose rise from a juvenile detention center got an important assist from Jim Calhoun and UConn, lost Bryant - the confidante who taught him to be a “storyteller” - to a fatal helicopter crash last January. So you have to find your second act, find your next niche. Once you can’t do it anymore, they’re going to cheer for someone else. But the roar of the crowd is not for you, but for what you can do. Great basketball players, football players, baseball players. “We always talked about our second acts being better than our first,” Butler says. He communicates all he sees with the eloquence of a natural leader, and 4 1/2 years after playing his last basketball game, he is entering the prime of a second career, or “second act” as Kobe Bryant called it. Let it go.Caron Butler sees problems, and he sees hope and the path to solutions. At the end of the day I just know I did everything I could do to make it the best it would be. Once you've done everything you can to create something, it goes out there and it either works or doesn't. I'd be hard-pressed to do something in that world today. But at the same time, with 'Boogie Nights', I already did that. I never want to compromise my artistic integrity. When asked if being a spiritual person affected which roles he chose, he shared: 'Absolutely. Mark isn't in too much of a rush to head off into directing though, as the star previously said being a father to daughters Ella, 13, and Grace, seven, and sons Brendan, eight and Michael, 11 - who he has with his wife Rhea Durham - is his number one priority.

The star topped Forbes' list for 2017 after earning a whopping $68 million, thanks to huge roles in 'Daddy's Home 2' and 'Transformers: The Last Knight'.

If Mark does make the transition into directing, it will come after a hugely successful acting career which saw him named as Hollywood's highest-paid actor earlier this year. However, the directing job may not fall into Mark's hands after all, as he revealed he's already sent the script to his frequent collaborator Peter Berg, who he says is also keen to helm the project.

I have one specific project that I'm thinking about. Speaking to Collider, he said: 'It's either going to happen this time next year, or maybe five years from now, who knows? But maybe this time next year. Mark recently admitted he had a project in mind that he'd love to direct and although he did not specify the Butler biopic, he gave a strong hint when he explained that it is set in Wisconsin, where Caron was born and raised. TMZ reports that Mark is 'very passionate about the project - and thinks it could be the perfect movie to make his directorial debut'. The 46-year-old actor is already producing the movie, about the NBA player's journey from drug dealer to All-Star, and he will also act in it but Mark is now eyeing the director's job. Mark Wahlberg wants to make his directorial debut on the Caron Butler biopic.

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