Acting careers dont come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

Acting careers dont come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

You could easily play the guy as straight-up hood throughout the whole movie, the Imperial Courts, but writer and director Malik Vitthal envisioned a human being that has never been seen before in film: a black man in circumstances that he does not like, who is passionate - persistent - in turning it around.

You take your audience through such a story where they have to invest their energy and emotion, and to slap them in the face with, "Well, this is how life is. Bye," wouldn't have been as great as the ending that we have, which is optimistic and hopeful. It's not happy 100%, but it does make you feel like, "This kid may just be okay."

I'm a London fanatic. That's my city. I love being from there, you don't appreciate it until you go out.

I love London. I'm a London fanatic. That's my city. I love being from there, you don't appreciate it until you go out.

People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did.