Summary

• Bosco is a compelling movie based on the true story of Quawntay 'Bosco' Adams, who escapes prison for his daughter's sake.
• Tyrese Gibson, who plays Bosco's father, was drawn to the film's dark and uncomfortable nature, finding it a role he could rock.
• Aubrey Joseph delivers a phenomenal performance as Quawntay, impressing Gibson and making the movie an independent gem worth watching.

Bosco is based on the true story of Quawntay 'Bosco" Adams. After being sentenced to 35 years for marijuana possession, he is desperate to find a way for his daughter. He meets a woman via a lonely-hearts ad and uses her as part of a plan to escape prison in 2006.

Bosco is directed and written by Nicholas Manuel Pino. The movie was produced by Quawntay Adams, Patrick McErlean, Darryll C. Scott, and Justin Steele. Bosco stars Cloak & Dagger's Aubrey Joseph, Nikki Blonsky, D.C. Young Fly, John Lewis, Theo Rossi, Thomas Jane, Tyrese Gibson, and Vivica A. Fox.

Screen Rant interviewed The Fast and the Furious star Tyrese Gibson about his new movie, Bosco. He explained how he has been hearing about Bosco since he was a kid and how speaking with Quawntay Adams helped him prepare for the role. He also discussed collaborating with Joseph and working with director Nicholas Manuel Pino.

Tyrese Gibson Talks Bosco

Screen Rant: This movie, Bosco, was phenomenal, man. It is so fascinating. What a compelling story. Thirty-five years for marijuana possession, which is crazy if you think about this nowadays. How did you come across this project and what stood out to you the most about Quawntay "Bosco" Adams' story?

Tyrese Gibson: The thing is, man, I'm from South Central, right? So I'm from Watts, and there's just certain people on a South Central level that everybody talks about him, like there's some mythical being. I've been hearing rumblings about Bosco for years, man, throughout my child and teenage years just being in the hood. So I mean, they talk about him like he a dinosaur, like he ain't alive no more, but he alive and well. So when the opportunity came to be a part of it, man, I was like, "I missed out on Straight Outta Compton."

You played Bosco's, dad, Tootie. Can you tell us a little bit about Tootie's relationship and nature with his son and how that differs from his relationship with his mother, Willa, played by Vivica A. Fox?

Tyrese Gibson: Well, there are some fathers who are dead beats and unavailable, don't have a presence in their kid's lives at all. And then there are some fathers who are present. And if you're not on the positive side of motivating and inspiring your child to be the best that they can be, you tend to fall into that lane of being dysfunctional and abusive, aggressive and not necessarily taking the best approach to parenting. Everything about how aggressive this father was appealed [to me]. And so yeah, I just wanted to be a part of this road because it was dark, it was uncomfortable, and it was something that I was like, I think I can rock this. That's why I did it.

Did you get to meet the real Quawntay Adams, and what insight did he provide to tell his story authentically?

Tyrese Gibson: I definitely know him and knew him for the movie. And a lot of times when people are alive to tell you their actual story outside of what you can read about, it's context. As an actor, if somebody can talk four hours straight about their life and their story, there's only so many words that you could use to bring them to life in a movie. And a lot of times the stories that they go into are not a part of the actual dialogue. So it's just something that you got to keep in the back of your mind and then you use the words that are provided to bring it to life.

It was so much more that I had on my mind about the role and the dialogue, versus the reality of his actual story. So I just kept it all in my head. And from John Singleton, rest in peace, I've learned that you can say a lot with no words. So those moments where there's no dialogue, I'm saying everything that needs to be said, that would've filled up the whole scene with a ah, ah, ah, words, words, words. So yeah, it was a couple moments, man. And then we shot in Compton. Shooting in Compton and having all my homies from Watts and Compton to pull up to the set was crazy. A couple dudes I ain't seen in a minute. So yeah, it was all right, man. It was a moment.

I've got to talk about Aubrey Joseph, because he is phenomenal in this film as Quawntay. What surprised you the most about his performance and what did he bring to the role that wasn't on the page?

Tyrese Gibson: He was tapped in, man. He tapped in. I can't wait to watch the full movie to see everything from top to bottom. I haven't even seen it yet, man.

I've seen five or six scenes, so I can't wait to watch it, man, so I can get a real feeling around his full performance. But yeah, I think this is one of those, independence man, that I pride myself on finding that balance between the big-boy, box-office movies and something that could be made for a million dollars. If the art speaks to me, I'm going to go rock it.

Nicholas Manuel Pino wrote this film, but also he makes his directorial debut with this film. What does his directing style add to Bosco?

Tyrese Gibson: Listen, I think rather you're new or established. I always hope to do a film and be able to make suggestions and throw ideas at you and have you to say, that's not the way it was written. That's not what I had in mind, but this idea is better, so let's, let's, let's. And so as long as it feels like there's an actual collaboration, then I'm always happy. So yeah, he was really easy to work with. It was a couple moments on set, but we got it done.

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About Bosco

In 2006, Quawntay "Bosco" Adams plans an ingenious escape from a federal maximum-security prison for the chance to be at his first child's birth.

Bosco is now streaming on Peacock.

Source: Screen Rant Plus