Chris Rock’s new movie “Misty Green” centers on a fictional actress (Rosalind Eleazar) mounting a Hollywood comeback after years in the throes of a fading career. Misty’s journey pokes fun at some of the trappings of trying to “make it” in the entertainment industry, a pursuit that Rock himself is rejecting after his decades-spanning career in the biz.
\n\n“Most people don’t make it, quote unquote, in Hollywood,” he told Variety at the “Misty Green” New York Film Festival premiere Saturday night. “Making it is, to me, where I’m at right now: my daughter having great kids. Having love in your life. If you got no love, you’re broke as f—k. That’s making it. All this other stuff, it’s just a job at the end of the day.”
\n\nRock plays a director who reunites with Misty after previously getting her booted from a “Cinderella” remake. (Earlier this month, he revealed to Variety that he originally imagined Donald Glover for the role.) Rock and Eleazar’s characters bond over their shared inability to remain faithful in relationships, playing into a familiar stereotype about Hollywood life.
\n\n“I don’t think it’s a Hollywood thing, it’s just life,” Rock told Variety. “Our two characters bond over…
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