Nicky Jam: “Acting is something I want to do for the rest of my life”

Come back like a bad boy.

His acting aspirations have been clear to him for a long time. That’s why Nicky Jam celebrates every step he takes in this facet, which he is convinced will give him more dedication.

Gives voice to the cat character “Butch” in the movie Tom and Jerry, which premieres on February 26, is one of the experiences he appreciates the most in this regard.

“I loved doing it and my dad is proud of it above all I did in Hollywood, above all the movies I made with Will Smith (Bad Boys for Life), Vin Diesel (Xander Cage’s return). This is bigger than anything for him “, the urban singer by videoconference from Miami, Florida, confessed with pleasure Primera Hora.

“And the simple fact that my father is proud of this project makes me take this project more personally and, of course, I am a fan of Tom and Jerry Ever since I was little, I’ve always been team “Jerry” full“He added reggaeton, which said that ‘being one of the first urban music artists to make the voices of an animated puppet in Hollywood is so great for me.’

The game “Butch” made him find a connection with the character.

“I am the black kitten, the kitten on the alley, the boy on the alley. I identify a lot with “Butch”, which is the name of the character, because he looks tough on the outside, but on the inside he has a good heart. So this is Nicky, this is Nicky Jam, ”he compared. “Take one looks tough on the outside, but he has, I have a good heart and I know, I’m not like that rough interior “.

Playing the character was not a major challenge, he revealed.

“Honestly, recording into a microphone is something I’ve done since I was 12 years old. I don’t see it as anything different. The director (Tim Story) just told me that’s what you should say, but in your way, and that’s what I did, I gave it my color ”. With this guide, he gave her his own style.

“My English is very much on the streets of New York, so I think it was the perfect English for this ‘Butch’ character because he has that touch of the city and ‘you know, I have that New York accent.'”

It’s not the first time Nicky has portrayed a bastard and says he’s not surprised.

“I think it’s the image I have, an image that feels bad and I have character and personality. It helps me to give it a bad grade, but at the same time to give it that sexy malice (laughs), what these people told me, they don’t say it, they say it, “he said, pleased and advanced that his plans in acting are very serious.

“It’s something I want to do for the rest of my life,” he said emphatically. “The first way out to the art world was music. It was the easiest way to become known and I found out much later that it was something I liked. But I have to do plays at school, “he recalled.” I did countless things when I was little, which I already have experience in acting. I like it and I want more and I want to be a film director. I’m many things I want to do, “said the artist.

Active with new themes

On the other hand, music is still present in his projects, and he is currently promoting the single Fan of your photos, which has the collaboration of singer Romeo Santos and which is a preview of what will be his album Infinite, which it plans to launch in March.

“She liked it. I had sent about two songs to Romeo Santos and he told me “Nicky, I really don’t see myself in those songs”, but he especially liked this song, he added a lot “, he said. “He put his poetic touch,” he added, and shared how satisfied he was with making the music video.

“I really liked it because it’s a video where they had never seen Nicky Jam’s face dressed in the executive, in the office and in the suit. And Romeo, they’ve never seen him in this look goofyBecause the video is like a comic medium, at the same time it has a touch of humor ”.

Record production, which will include the single Dust (in collaboration with Myke Towers), has the essence of reggaeton.

“I like this project. It made me want to lose weight and look nice, because I said “what’s the point of making good music and not having the image? back it ‘“, He said, and shared that the album will contain romantic songs, perreo heavy and commercial reggaeton.

On the other side of the interview

Reggaeton is also working on his show The Rock Star show, which had guests such as Luis Fonsi, Karol G and Maluma and which is broadcast on its YouTube channel NickyJamTV.

“I like it a lot because I feel like I’m talking to my brothers, to people who are of the same DNA as me and who breathe in the same air as me,” he confessed about the interview space.

“You sit down and ask these questions that I don’t know many people ask, ask questions that only an artist could ask from artist to artist,” the voice said. Until sunrise Yes Forgiveness.

“I like to know what their internal battles are, what wars are, what their fears are,” he explained, referring to his interest in investigating how they cope with fame “because many people don’t have the ability to deal with this. “