Writer I’m like, ‘what?’”Hauser took the role in the movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” which premieres Friday on Netflix.
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PAUL WALTER HAUSER: Obviously as an actor, you just get excited. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik’s cubes, …
He really kind of got me.
"Paul Walter Hauser and Sebastian Stan in "I, Tonya. Look back at the leading ladies who dominated entertainment in the 1980s, making their mark with iconic movie and TV roles (and some major hairstyles, too). A series of incidents surrounding the film, whether fate or coincidence, reaffirmed the actor’s faith and solidified his path, which took him from mid-Michigan dreamer to big screen believer, working with some of the world’s top filmmakers.Later that day, head still spinning, Hauser went to see Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule” with his parents. To young Hauser, “it was the coolest thing I had ever seen in my life,” he says.Older brother Matthew watched Hauser do impressions of actors and lines from movies even as a kid and knew his brother was eventually headed to Hollywood. Updated: February 09, 2020 He was a regular in the television series Kingdom. Paul Walter Hauser can be seen in Spike Lee's upcoming film "Da 5 Bloods" debuting June 12th on Netflix. “And if I never met him again, I got to meet an Oscar winner in my home state and tell him what I thought for 25 seconds.”Those 25 seconds were a bit of a gamble — extras are typically meant to be seen, not to be heard — but Hauser didn’t see it as such, and said he was motivated by “pure love.” That love was returned: Black gave him a featured role in the film (later titled "Virginia"), which starred Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts and Toby Jones, and it led Hauser on his path.Hauser still texts Black once a year and thanks him for giving him his break.He booked small roles on shows such as "Community," "It's Always Sunny in Phildelphia" and "Key and Peele," but there were plenty of bumps on the road ahead; Hauser crashed on friends’ floors, worked fast food gigs and saw his dream yanked away from him more than once.In 2013, he had three TV gigs booked and watched as all were rescinded in a one-week time period. Producer It was Christmas Eve 2018 when Paul Walter Hauser got a call from Spike Lee.Hauser was visiting family in his hometown Saginaw and was sleeping one off from the night before when around 12:30 p.m. the white noise app on his phone was interrupted by a phone call from the director, whom he had recently worked with on “BlacKkKlansman.”“I jump out of bed and I try to act like I wasn’t sleeping and I’m like, ‘what up, Spike?’” says Hauser during a recent phone call.
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