1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. After making her acting 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: debut in Prime Video's modern reimagining of Cinderella Comedicabao has 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: found her next role, and it's a dramatic departure. She's 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: joined the cast of actor She would tell. Edgiof's second 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: film as a director, which he also wrote, called Rob Peace. 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: It's a tragic true story based on a best selling biography, 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, a brilliant 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: young man who left Newark for the Ivy League. Robert 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: lived a complex dual life growing up on the tough 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: streets of Newark before earning a scholarship to Yale studying 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: molecular biophysics and biochemistry. He managed became a lab researcher 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: for cancer and infectious diseases, but was dealing street drugs simultaneously, 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: which eventually cost him his life. Kamina will play a 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: fellow student and friend at Yale, and she won't be 15 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: the only singer in the cast. Mary J. Blige also 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: on board to play Rob's mother, and she would tell 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: as his father. The lead role goes to Jay Will, 18 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: a rising star thanks to Tulsa King. Rob Peace is 19 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: in production. That's direct from Hollywood,