Gregory Diaz IV is making a splash in two brand new trailers for his upcoming movie musical In The Heights!
The 15-year-old stars as Sonny in the film, which is the movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Tony-award winning Broadway musical.
Here’s a synopsis: Lights up on Washington Heights, a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big… The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi, who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
Jaden Smith and the rest of the stars of The Get Down take over the red carpet at the show’s premiere at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday night (August 11) in New York City.
Jaden recently opened up about how he got into hip-hope, saying, “I liked hip-hop before I saw You Got Served, but You Got Served is what got me into the culture of the dancing and the B-Boy steez of everything,” he told BET.
Jaden added, “Kids nowadays, they need to know where all this got started. They need to know how this all came about.”
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Jaden Smith is straight out of the 1970s in a new photo from his Netflix mini-series The Get Down, shot by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue.
The 17-year-old model and actor is one of the stars of the upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed series, which goes back to the roots of hip-hop in the late 70s in the Bronx.
Jaden plays a graffiti writer named Dizzee in 13-episode series and joins a cast including Tremaine Brown Jr., Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, and Skylan Brooks. Several actors, including Tremaine, were picked out of obscurity, some coming from the Bronx themselves.
The Get Down is set to premiere on August 12 on Netflix.
