TYRESE GIBSON was born and raised in Watts, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. At the age of 16, he was discovered after being cast in a Coca-Cola commercial. A self-titled debut album quickly followed, as did an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist. Gibson has since released five more studio albums and garnered six GRAMMY® Award nominations. His most recent studio album, “Black Rose,” debuted at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and featured the single “Shame,” which was #1 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs Chart for 16 consecutive weeks.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of John Singleton’s Baby Boy, Gibson’s feature film debut, for which he garnered an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. Gibson would go on to work with Singleton again on 2 Fast 2 Furious and Four Brothers.
Along with his signature role as Roman Pearce in six Fast & Furious films, including Justin Lin’s F9 released last summer, Gibson is internationally recognized for playing Robert Epps in Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise. Gibson’s feature film credits also include Jon Keeyes’ Rogue Hostage with John Malkovich; Deon Taylor’s Black and Blue opposite Naomie Harris; Ride Along 2 with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart; Black Nativity with Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson; Legion alongside Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany; Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race with Jason Statham, Joan Allen and Ian McShane; Brad Furman’s The Take opposite John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez; John Moore’s Flight of the Phoenix with Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi; Vondie Curtis-Hall’s Waist Deep with Meagan Good and Larenz Tate; and Annapolis, directed by Lin. Gibson’s upcoming films include Dangerous opposite Mel Gibson, Famke Janssen, and Scott Eastwood.
I had the chance to talk about Morbius along with the Sony and Marvel Universe.
Gibson tells an amazing about how one day when he had a couple of hours between scenes he decided to go to a hookah lounge for lunch. Gibson says whole he was mid smoke 10 black SUVs pulled up and snatch him up.
He said that he wasn’t allowed off the set until he took off his Morbius outfit. He said at that point he realized how serious the Sony-Marvel-Spider-Man universe really is.
We also spoke about how excited he is to be in the universe and how we haven’t seen the last him. He shows his appreciate for fans like myself who try to spot every single easter egg in Superhero movies and how he is happy to be able to wear Marvel merchandise now.
That was just a tip of the iceberg of the things we spoke about and you can see the rest of video below.
One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering the same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first, it seems to be a radical success, darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?
Morbius will be released WORLDWIDE on April 1st.