He’s a nice and friendly creep, who’s smart enough to know that he doesn’t have to cause trouble. But then, it also definitively observes that regardless of how cute Mikey thinks he is, he’s running his game on a naïve girl young enough to be his daughter. The script and Son’s knowing performance as the precocious pastry pusher tease whether Strawberry might be the one seducing him. Baker, who also edited, allows the story to unfold in crisp, humorous glimpses of Mikey rambling around on a borrowed bike in his tank top and baggy acid-washed jeans, selling weed for hood queenpin Leondria (Judy Hill) to refinery hardhats, or seducing Strawberry at the donut shop. Heartbreak or worse is inevitable - we need only anticipate how cruel, painful, or just the final blow will feel once it slams into Mikey’s plans. New York Man Fatally Stabbed in Possible Anti-Gay Hate Crime Once he meets and sets his sights on flirty teenage donut shop clerk Strawberry (Suzanna Son), it becomes clear which path Mikey will choose. He might also just be an opportunistic con artist licking his wounds while he scopes out his next score, with no real interest in being a better man. Yet, for all that hustle, and after a high-flying stint in L.A., he’s landed back in his Gulf coast Texas hometown, crashing on a couch in the modest clapboard house his ex Lexi (Bree Elrod) shares with her mom Lil (Brenda Deiss).īoth ladies look even more beat up by life than Mikey does, with Lexi, who also used to do porn in L.A., demanding to know of their self-serving houseguest, “What do you want?” In due time, the film lays out a potential path of redemption for him, should Mikey choose to go that route. Even at rest, his mind is making moves to gain the upper hand in every relationship. At the very end of our conversation, he paused and with great sincerity said, “When I see someone coming up to me while smiling, I know I’ve done my job.The erstwhile Scary Movie star, MTV VJ, and model with his own adult movie past plays Mikey as a squirrelly fast-talker who stays hustling. I just want to laugh and want everyone else to laugh with me.” Rex is constantly working on his music as Dirt Nasty and his show on MTV, Happyland, and it’s clear he enjoys and has great respect for his job. I don’t like mean comedy or bullies I never make fun of other people-I make fun of myself. ![]() You grow up and care about being a good person and doing good unto others. “I’m turning 40 this year and have been through bullshit. I found Rex to be an incredibly normal and polite guy. Remaining level-headed and humble would be a challenge to anyone who has lived a similar life. Rex interacts with followers through comments or via Twitter, which is crucial for brand loyalty, and his social media enjoys rapid growth. Through his various platforms, most boasting nearly 200,000 followers each, real fans of his brand stay loyal. With close to a million followers collectively, spread out over various social media platforms, Rex is very rich in the high-value currency of social media followers. Super-important as a promotional tool.” An OTX study from January 2013 shows that the average American spends more than three hours a day on social media. I constantly put out videos and keep my brand of comedy alive, and promote a movie or TV show, or Dirt Nasty it’s Using social media as a tool to fuel his brand is crucial for Rex: “It keeps you out there to stay in the entertainment business, you have to keep putting out material and comedy. Rex has plans to release the interview on his popular YouTube channel. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was him just talking the entire time he was super-cool.” Shakur expressed his desire to end the West Coast versus East Coast dispute that marked rap music in the ’90s, saying, “It’s between me and a couple of people.” Until only recently the interview had been lost in the MTV archives. Says Rex: “I was completely humbled and nervous. The five-minute interview was one of Shakur’s last before his death. One of the most poignant was his segment with the late Tupac Shakur. While he was at MTV, Rex interviewed many artists. With his adorable little dog Duane at his side, Rex spoke with me at his Hollywood Hills home about his time at MTV, his brand, and self-philosophy. At 39, handsome, and in incredible shape, Rex elicits a huge reaction from his female fans in whatever role he steps into. Former MTV VJ, television and film actor, comedian, and rap artist Simon Rex is one of the few men who can seamlessly transition between roles.
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