{"id":175910,"date":"2025-06-20T22:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T22:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/stormzy-felt-challenged-by-big-man-role\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T22:02:47","slug":"stormzy-felt-challenged-by-big-man-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/stormzy-felt-challenged-by-big-man-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormzy felt &#8216;challenged&#8217; by Big Man role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-06-20\" datetime=\"1750456967\" pubdate=\"\">20 June 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/stormzy\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,stormzy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormzy<\/a> found it difficult to &#8220;totally separate&#8221; himself from his Big Man character.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Stormzy plays a lead role in the new movie<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old star plays a rapper in his first lead role, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/stormzy\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,stormzy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormzy<\/a> admits that he struggled to distance himself from his movie character.<\/p>\n<p>The award-wining star &#8211; who plays Tenzman in the new film &#8211; told BBC Newsbeat: &#8220;It was really tough if I&#8217;m honest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like I&#8217;m playing a rapper but I am a rapper, it&#8217;s tough to totally separate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Big Man is the first release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/stormzy\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,stormzy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormzy<\/a>&#8216;s #MerkyFilm production company, and the rapper has revealed his long-term ambition for the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe shared: &#8220;What we&#8217;ve tried to do at Merky, whether it&#8217;s music, sports, whatever, we do we just want to stand in our truth, tell our stories, but also not from the same perspective that it&#8217;s always been told from.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Even being black British, it&#8217;s such a nuanced experience \u2013 you&#8217;ve got the black experience, you&#8217;ve got the British experience, and then you&#8217;ve got the black British experience.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We want to tell it from our perspective which is nuanced, it&#8217;s brilliant, it&#8217;s different, it&#8217;s not always the same, it&#8217;s not a monolith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nStormzy felt &#8220;challenged&#8221; while making the movie, but he still enjoyed the creative process.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Vossi Bop hitmaker said: &#8220;It was really tough but it was a challenge I was so honoured to be a part of.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I like to be challenged, I like to be a bit uncomfortable so I love it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nStormzy previously explained that his acting debut was &#8220;all about the joy, spirit and fearless energy of youth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe rapper also hopes that the 24-minute short film will serve as a source of inspiration for aspiring stars.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;I hope you love our first project, Big Man, as much as we loved making it. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cFor me, it\u2019s all about the joy, spirit and fearless energy of youth \u2013 that feeling like life is one big adventure and the world\u2019s your playground. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I hope it inspires you to dream bigger, live louder, and hold on to that unapologetic energy that comes with being young.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/stormzy-felt-challenged-big-man-role-1420794.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 June 2025 Stormzy found it difficult to &#8220;totally separate&#8221; himself from his Big Man character. Stormzy plays a lead role in the new movie The 31-year-old star plays a rapper in his first lead role, and Stormzy admits that he struggled to distance himself from his movie character. 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