{"id":44530,"date":"2023-08-23T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T03:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/?p=44530"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T03:25:03","slug":"learning-to-play-the-video-game-and-win-was-most-challenging-for-gran-turismo-based-on-a-true-story-actor-archie-madekwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/entertainment\/movies-entertainment\/learning-to-play-the-video-game-and-win-was-most-challenging-for-gran-turismo-based-on-a-true-story-actor-archie-madekwe\/","title":{"rendered":"LEARNING TO PLAY THE VIDEO GAME \u2013 AND WIN! \u2013 WAS MOST CHALLENGING FOR \u201cGRAN TURISMO: BASED ON A TRUE STORY\u201d ACTOR ARCHIE MADEKWE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The film Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story <\/em>came to Archie Madekwe\u2019s radar through a chance encounter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI met with one of the writers almost a year earlier [before he was cast]. He told me a story I had never heard before, and I was taken aback when I was sent the material \u2013 a couple of podcasts, interviews, YouTube videos,\u201d shares Madekwe, who plays Jann Mardenborough, the real gamer-turned-professional racecar driver whose story the film is about. \u201cI was really moved, because one thing that appeals to me as an actor is finding unknown, inspiring stories about people who look like me. When I was growing up, these stories \u2013 a young person achieving their dreams \u2013 were never told about a person whose face looked like mine. So I was unbelievably compelled to tell this story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real Jann Mardenborough agrees. \u201cI hope it shows kids that look like me that they can trust themselves and can go after what they love,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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