Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez surprise Tyrese Gibson at the 1992 Los Angeles premiere
Raquel Laguna/ SUCOPRESS. Actor Tyrese Gibson got very emotional while reuniting with Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez at the 1992 Los Angeles premiere. The Fast and the Furious co-stars hugged on the red carpet as Gibson began crying. It was a very special moment for Tyrese Gibson. The actor stars in 1992, directed by Ariel Vromen with a story by Sascha Penn. The movie follows Mercer, played by Tyrese, whose life collides with a father and son (Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood) as he tries to protect his son (Christopher A’mmanuel) during the turbulent 1992 Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Alongside Gibson, 1992 stars Scott Eastwood, Christopher A’mmanuel, Clé Bennett, Ori Piefer, Oleg Taktarov, Dylan Arnold, Michael Beasley, and Ray Liotta in his final film role. 1992 opens in theatres on August 30th.
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00:00Am I allowed to say?
00:02You're allowed to say, yes.
00:04Tyree's just waiting.
00:05Aw, give me that heart, Finn.
00:07Bring it over here in the beginning.
00:12He's going to do it.
00:13Do it now.
00:15You're so emotional, pal.
00:17Oh, my God.
00:18Rotate the hug.
00:23Aw.
00:26Come on.
00:27Let's have those tears.
00:29And then...
00:30I'll take it.
00:31We will take it all day.
00:33Every day is a blessing.
00:35Hey, to your left.
00:37Looking to the left, Tyree.
00:41All right, guys.
00:43Looking good, guys.
00:46Hey.
00:50Thank you, sir.
00:52They're looking in.
00:53Nice.
00:58Tyree.
00:59Tyree, sit down.
01:04Can you tell that I really love you?
01:06No hand, no makeup.
01:08I'm just here to support you.
01:19You know, it's, uh...
01:21I think that there's a difference between
01:24doing a film
01:27where you want to contribute to the division.
01:30You want to contribute to the divide.
01:33And then there's films
01:35where when you shed light
01:38on racism or excessive force or murder
01:42or just an injustice in any capacity,
01:46then shedding light on it
01:49is an invite to effect change.
01:51The script, you know, somebody had this idea
01:54to tell a story.
01:55I just read the script after the Minneapolis riots.
01:58And for me, after seeing that happening in Minneapolis, in L.A.,
02:02after the George Floyd riots,
02:04it kind of was shocking because you're reading a script
02:07and you say, that happened 30 years ago.
02:09And it's happened again.
02:11So what's the symbolic metaphor about the movie that I'm going to do
02:14and what's the message we're trying to do in any film?
02:16And I think 92 has a strong message.
02:19First of all, it's very entertaining.
02:21But in the end of it, you're taking away
02:23the possibility of one choice,
02:25whether to go into violence,
02:27whether to go into conflict,
02:29or to stay out of it.
02:31And I think in the end of the day,
02:32that's kind of what's going to defer us
02:34to survivor societies
02:36because who knows what will happen in two months in this country
02:39with this election.
02:40So I think 92 is a good movie
02:43to kind of give you a little bit of a boost of knowledge,
02:46of intelligence, of history,
02:47but at the same time entertain you
02:49and then maybe leave you with a thought
02:51when you're going home
02:52about how to behave
02:54and what to do and not to do.
02:56Yes, thank you so much.
02:57Enjoy July.
02:58Tell me, how do you feel?
03:01What do you think this movie is about?
03:04I mean, the main message,
03:06the most important message.
03:07Yeah, the message is,
03:09so it's about the backdrop
03:11is the Rodney King verdict
03:13and the riots that happened.
03:15But it's really about falling sun dynamics.
03:17You know what I'm saying?
03:18It's about the father-son dynamic
03:21between Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood
03:25and then the father-son dynamic
03:27between Tyrese and Chris.
03:29And so it's really,
03:31because I have a son as well.
03:32He plays in the NBA, actually.
03:34He plays for the Detroit Pistons, league business.
03:37So I understand the father-son dynamic well.
03:41And so, no, it was a great experience.
03:45I trained my role in the movie as Joseph.
03:49And it's a great movie.
03:51It's a thriller.
03:54Celebrating this amazing movie.
03:56Couldn't be happier.
03:57This has been in the works for a couple of years
03:59and I'm just excited for everybody
04:03to get to see it finally.
04:05I think we have a really great little movie
04:07under our hands.
04:09And that's it.
04:11I'm just like, you know,
04:12I got butterflies all over.
04:14I saw one cut of the movie a long time ago
04:17and I'm excited to see the final product.
04:19Well, I think it's family before everything.
04:22It's just like I'm a father for three children
04:25and just like any parent being
04:29under extreme circumstances
04:31I think will do everything and anything
04:34you possibly can think of
04:36to save his child and protect their family.
04:40I think just like appreciate your father
04:44and your mother.
04:45She's angry at you.
04:46He's angry at you.
04:48Okay, but they love you and they raise you
04:50and they'll do everything and anything
04:52to protect you.
04:53And don't you forget that.
04:54Don't forget that, kids.
04:56So I think it's very,
04:58that on the one hand.
04:59On the other hand, it's just like,
05:01it's a thrill ride.
05:03And it's like if you go in
05:06and you just surrender to it,
05:09you come out exhausted
05:10but feeling like,
05:11hell yeah, this is what I paid money to see
05:14and I'm fully entertained.
05:16Do you remember where you went
05:19in the 1992 riot?
05:21I was in Seattle, Washington.
05:23I was seeing it on the television.
05:25I mean, it was just crazy.
05:28It didn't look real at first.
05:30Because it was the first time
05:32that a riot like that was televised
05:34live in that way.
05:36So, yeah, it was pretty intense.
05:38It felt abstract.
05:40This movie is about family.
05:42It's also an action movie.
05:44Also, a reminder of what happened in 1992.
05:48Do you remember where you went?
05:52Yeah, I was in school.
05:53And then it was an announcement too
05:55telling the kids to calm down.
05:57We had an assembly, I believe,
05:59for everybody to talk about it.
06:01Yeah, it was a crazy time.
06:04And everything that happened after that,
06:06we were talking about the other day
06:07how we make jokes about that.
06:09Like, even Martin Lawrence,
06:11who's one of the greatest ever,
06:12the time that passed,
06:13was it too soon when he did the joke?
06:15And then later on, it's like,
06:16but now, you forgot.
06:19You forgot the entire story.
06:20And it's cool.
06:22It's a reminder,
06:23but it is an important history
06:24like everything else,
06:25like good and bad.
06:27And then turn around.
06:31To the right.
06:32To the right, Tyree.
06:37And then right down the center.
06:38Looking right down the center here.
06:46Turn towards us a little bit, Scott.
06:48Turn towards us.
06:50Scott, up top.
06:53Scott, one look to your left, please.
06:55Tyree, please.
07:03Thank you, guys.
07:04Clear, clear.
07:06All eyes on me.
07:07Down low, please.
07:08On for Arnold.
07:09Arnold Turner.