{"id":428,"date":"2010-10-22T17:05:15","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2010-10-22T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T17:07:50","slug":"n-secure-lamman-rucker-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"N-Secure\/ Lamman Rucker Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-content\">\n<p>N-Secure<br \/>\nAn Interview with Lammar Rucker<br \/>\nby Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/6-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2010 is shaping up to be a good year for Lamman Rucker. Not only has the Pittsburgh, PA native starred in Tyler Perry\u2019s \u2018Why Did I Get Married Too?,\u2019 but he acted in the off-Broadway play, \u2018Black Angels Over Tuskegee,\u2019 while on break from his TV gig, \u2018Meet The Browns.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rucker\u2019s latest film, \u2018N-Secure\u2019 is hitting theaters on Oct. 15. The film stars Cordell Moore, Essence Atkins, Tempestt Bledsoe, Denise Boutte, Elise Neal, Rick Ravanello, Thomas Miles, Toni Trucks, Steve Conn, Caryn Ward, Cordell Moore, Dianne Sullivan and BerNadette Stanis.<\/p>\n<p>This film sheds light on a man\u2019s downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His insecurities lead him into a series of troubled romantic relationships and eventually a web of events that include betrayal and murder. Rucker plays Isaac Roberts, a musician and fiance to Bledsoe\u2019s character.<\/p>\n<p>Blackfilm.com caught up with Rucker recently at the Atlanta premiere of the film as he spoke about working with such a gifted cast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/N-Secure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"N-Secure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/N-Secure-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lamman Rucker: It sounded like a cool script. I thought it would be interesting to shoot in Memphis, TN. You also don\u2019t see a lot of scripts of this nature with this content that is filled with an African American cast. We usually get cast in a romantic comedy or a \u2018hood love story. Unfortunately, we start to get stuck in this category. I thought this was something that offered some effect and some stunt work and at the same time still deal with relationship dynamics and similar content.<\/p>\n<p>You seem to go from films, to theater, and to television. How wonderful is it to keep working steadily?<\/p>\n<p>LR: It\u2019s always a wonderful experience to keep working. Prior to working with Tyler, I was keeping it moving. Most people didn\u2019t know about my work until Tyler exposed me through his films. I was always in constant motion. Everything I\u2019m doing now is really what I\u2019ve always done. We shot this film nearly three years ago. Things take time going through the production process, post-production process, and marketing process. Prior to doing Tyler\u2019s films, I was working off-Broadway in the theater in New York. I was working in daytime soaps as a contract regular, (playing attorney T. Marshall Travers on the CBS now-cancelled soap opera \u2018As the World Turns,\u2019 opposite Tamara Tunie). I also did some work on sitcoms. I must say that the work that Mr. Perry has given me has definitely opened up a lot of new windows for me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/1-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are you working on now?<\/p>\n<p>LR: Nothing at the moment. I come in and out the off-Broadway play, \u2018Black Angels Over Tuskegee.\u2019 We are looking to take that on tour next year. I just started production on \u2018Meet The Browns,\u2019 but a lot of my time is spent on the community. I have a bath and body line that I\u2019m getting ready to launch. It\u2019s called \u2018Forplai.\u2019 It\u2019s all natural bath and body signature line that\u2019s for men and women. I have a business degree and all these things are just a part of me and who I am and what I would be doing if I wasn\u2019t on the red carpet. I would probably be working on another degree. I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I\u2019m not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time.<\/p>\n<p>Would you come back to do a third \u2018Married\u2019 film with Tyler if he asked?<\/p>\n<p>LR: Of course. I think he has a wonderful opportunity to create a franchise that could never go out of style. We\u2019re talking about life, love, relationships, and family and just the natural trials and tribulations of life that everybody understands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N-Secure An Interview with Lammar Rucker by Wilson Morales 2010 is shaping up to be a good year for Lamman Rucker. 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