TYRESE GIBSON - GIBSON WANTED TO HONOUR JAILBIRD BUDDIES WITH NEW ROLE

GIBSON WANTED TO HONOUR JAILBIRD BUDDIES WITH NEW ROLE

Movie star TYRESE GIBSON was deadly serious about playing a tough prisoner in violent new action movie DEATH RACE - because he didn't want to upset friends who have served time.
The 2 Fast 2 Furious star plays jail yard thug MAChine Gun Joe, opposite Jason Statham's Frankenstein, in the film - and he was determined to nail his portrayal.
He says, "I got so dark in this film... I stayed in character and I never came out. People really thought that I was MAChine Gun Joe. I'm not even a method actor but I had to jump into what I consider method acting on this.
"When I had the guys following me around in the prison yard, I ran the prison yard and I had to keep that hat on because I know a lot of people that have actually been to prison and ran prison yards. I want them to be the ones to walk up to me and say, 'Yo you did your s**t in this movie!'"