“The Get Down” executive producer Baz Luhrmann told the TCA summer press tour that he always wanted to honor those he portrayed in the new Netflix series.“I always knew it wasn’t my story,” Luhrmann said. “At one stage I was going to do it as film. … I realized that it was too epic. It was too huge.”He also shared the story of how he first conceived the view for the exhibit, which oddly enough happened in Paris.“I saw a framed photograph of these two kids in a hip-hop stance, and ” he said. “I remember thinking in that moment,‘How did so much creativity come from New York in that moment in that time?'”
See video: Baz Luhrman's 'The Get Down' Official Trailer Nails New York in the 1970sThe exhibit focuses on 1970s New York City: “broken down and beaten up, violent, or cash strapped — dying,” per the streaming service’s description. “Consigned to rubble, a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them — apart from each other, or armed only with verbal games,improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans.The musically themed drama is led by “Dope” star Shameik Moore as Shaolin Fantastic who may fill the best character name in TV history — as well as newcomers Tremaine Brown Jr., and Justice Smith and Skylan Brooks,playing a group of teenagers who sprint wild in the streets of the late-1970s Bronx.“The Get Down” also stars Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz, whose strictly religious father (Giancarlo Esposito) forbids her from singing the disco music she loves.
Also Read: Netflix in August: What's Coming and What to Watch Before It's GoneThe series is also executive produced by Nas, and Catherine Martin,Paul Watters, Thomas Kelly, or Stephen Adly Guirgis and Marney Hochman.The Get Down” premieres on Netflix on Aug. 12.
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