Jason Weaver Zoomed in with Skybutterfli for an exclusive chat about his new role on Showtime series “The Chi“.
The Chicago native talks about his early career entering the acting business appearing in “The Kid Who Loved Christmas”, “The Long Walk Home”, a film by Whoopi Goldberg, “Brewster’s Place”, a television series produced by Oprah Winfrey, and his legendary role being hand picked to play Michael Jackson in the small screen film, “The Jackson’s: An American Dream.”
Jason’s career continued to blossom playing other notable roles including acting alongside Brandy in the television series “Thea”, and as the singing voice of Simba in “The Lion King”.
In addition to Jason’s success as an actor, he also released two albums with Motown in the early 90s, and was featured on St. Louis Rapper Chingy’s 2004 hit, “One Call Away”. Chingy tells Skye he’s working on new music with The Chi Creator Lena Waithe along with an animated series where Weaver steps up as a Producer.
Check out Weaver’s portrayal of his character Rashaad on Season 4 of The Chi On-Demand on Showtime and our exclusive interview with Weaver about how he prepared for the role and his perspective of the character in the exclusive clip below. You can watch the full interview on Watch This! available on Roku and Firetv or yowatchthis.com
The Chi Season 4
Created and executive produced by Emmy® winner Lena Waithe (Twenties, Boomerang) and executive produced by Academy Award®, Emmy and Golden Globe® winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Season three was up nearly 30% in viewership over season two across platforms. Season four cast includes Jacob Latimore (Like a Boss), Alex Hibbert (Moonlight), Yolonda Ross (Treme), Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps and Birgundi Baker, along with Luke James and Curtiss Cook, who have been upped to series regulars in season four. Kandi Burruss and La La Anthony are set to return as guest stars, along with Tabitha Brown (Princess of the Row) and Chicago native Jason Weaver (Smart Guy, ATL). THE CHI is currently in production on 10 episodes in Chicago. In addition to Waithe and Common, Aaron Kaplan (A Million Little Things, The Neighborhood), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Derek Dudley and Shelby Stone of Freedom Road Productions, Rishi Rajani, president of Hillman Grad Productions, and showrunner Justin Hillian serve as executive producers for season four. Produced entirely in its namesake city, THE CHI is produced by 20th Television.
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