US EditionWhy MGK 'Said No' to Starring in Sinners over Controversial Dialogue
AUG 3 – Machine Gun Kelly declined a role in Ryan Coogler's 2025 film Sinners due to required use of the racial slur known as the N-word in the audition script.
- On Thursday , Machine Gun Kelly claimed he turned down an audition for Ryan Coogler's Sinners after learning the script required him to use the N-word racial slur.
- Learning the audition required the N-word, MGK claims he refused to play the second vampire in Sinners.
- Saying he's on "universal timing," Machine Gun Kelly aims to stay youthful on screen and doesn’t want to wait too long for movie roles, despite acting not panning out yet.
- Amid online discussions, MGK claims he received praise and a fist bump from Darius Butler after refusing a role requiring him to say the N-word, despite a 2022 resurfaced video of past sexist remarks.
- Ahead of the album launch, MGK claims his interview aired days before his seventh studio album Lost Americana, promoted with a Bob Dylan–narrated trailer.
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Machine Gun Kelly Says He Turned Down ‘Sinners’ Audition Over N-Word
Machine Gun Kelly is being praised online after he claimed that he turned down an audition for a potential role in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ movie because the script required him to use the n-word. “‘Sinners,’ I was supposed to be in that,” he said on The Pat McAfee Show. “The vampire, they had me set up to do the audition — it’s the one that’s in the house, so he’s the second vampire, the one that the guy comes and eats the family. In the auditi…
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The Independent (US)Machine Gun Kelly claims he turned down an audition for Sinners – here’s why
The singer says he’s ‘had a lot of aspirations to be in movies’
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