Eminem Covers VIBE Magazine For ‘8 Mile’ 10th Anniversary

Eminem’s VIBE October/November Magazine Cover

Eminem covers the October/November 2012 issue of VIBE Magazine where he reunited with his cast-mates from his debut film role in 2002’s 8 Mile to honor its 10th anniversary.

Directed by Curtis Hanson , the film was loosely based on the rappers life as a kid and teenager in Detroit, and was a critical and financial success at the box office. Take a look at a few excerpts below:

On feeling connected to his character B-Rabbit:

“I definitely felt like I was about to embark on some shit that was not necessarily up my alley. It was all brand new, and I’m so glad I had all of these guys around me. My hardest part, was remembering the lines. ‘Cause really, all I had to do was take myself back into the mind frame of how I felt before I got signed with Dre. It wasn’t really too much to just be myself.”

Mekhi Phifer on his role as Future, which was loosely based on Em’s late friend and D-12 rapper Proof:

“I definitely spoke to Proof. I didn’t sit him down, because to me the character spoke for itself. I mean, I wanted to portray him as he was in ’95. That’s why you see me with that wig, that crazy wig! [Laughs] And that even came down to the wire — we almost couldn’t do dreds because they couldn’t get the wig right.”

The cast thoughts on the late Brittany Murphy, who portrayed Eminem’s love interest Alex Latorno:

Eminem: “Brittany was a good person, a super-nice girl. She was very down-to-earth; she’d talk to anybody.”

Mekhi Phifer: “She was bubbly.”

Anthony Mackie: “She was always speaking positivity, and when it was time to get busy, she got busy! Like Evan said, she brought a lot to the role. I remember reading it and not thinking there was so much on the page.”

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