Shaq Warns Younger Gamers Not To Do Film About Genie

LOS ANGELES—Urging the following technology of NBA expertise to be taught from his errors and keep away from taking place the fallacious path, Shaquille O’Neal issued a stern warning Monday to younger basketball gamers to not star in a film a couple of genie. “While you come into the league and immediately have all this cash and fame, it’s straightforward to get carried away, whether or not it’s spending an excessive amount of or partying an excessive amount of or agreeing to look in a poorly written film the place you play a streetwise rapping genie who lives in a growth field,” the Corridor of Famer stated throughout an look on The Invoice Simmons Podcast, advising fresh-faced rookies to be cautious of predatory movie executives who would possibly attempt to solid them in doomed low-budget children’ films that find yourself notching a 5% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. “These younger guys assume they’re unstoppable, however belief me, all it takes is one movie the place you play a fast-talking genie tasked with serving to a wayward youngster reconcile together with his estranged father, and also you’re in a foul spot,” he continued. “I don’t care in the event that they allow you to do a number of songs for the soundtrack, I don’t care in the event that they use state-of-the-art Nineteen Nineties pc animation to make it seem like you’re rolling the unhealthy man up right into a ball and dunking him right into a rubbish chute—as quickly as somebody pulls out that golden vest and the sharp footwear, you want to stroll away.” O’Neal added that if he might give any additional recommendation to youthful gamers, it will be to make dozens of commercials for Icy Sizzling.