Hawkins: Dr. Dre was on set every day for Straight Outta Compton
Corey Hawkins · a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz) · Jan 2, 2019 · at 17:29
Corey Hawkins, who portrays Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton, describes Dr. Dre's hands-on presence and availability during pre-production and filming.
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“Dre was there for the whole thing, man. From the very beginning, he was there on set every day, and anytime I needed something, if four o'clock in the morning, if I called him, he'd pick up the phone, because he's in the studio working, you know what I mean?”
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