Elvin Rodriguez on Starring in Netflix's Hustle, Meeting Adam Sandler & More

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Sharp sits down with Elvin Rodriguez to talk about his Netflix’s sports movie and Oscar-nominated film: Hustle, his upbringing, future projects, and more. https://www.instagram.com/elvin5rodri... https://www.instagram.com/tha_sharp_one/ ----- 00:00 Intro 0:05 Elvin talks about being in the Netflix movie: “Hustle” 1:00 Elvin on how the pandemic affected his career 2:30 Growing up in Harlem with dreams of becoming a pro basketball player 4:05 Elvin talks about his experience on filming the Netflix movie “Hustle” starring Adam Sandler 7:20 Elvin on playing professional basketball in the Dominican Republic 10:00 Elvin talks about why he chose Netflix over playing pro basketball and moving to LA 15:35 Sharp talks about seeking a professional manager and encourages him to enroll in acting classes 25:30 Sharp and Elvin talk about advocating against violence and staying in school 29:30 Elvin talks about looking for a manager and inspiring others ----- NO JUMPER PATREON http://www.patreon.com/nojumper CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te... FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/ SUBSCRIBE for new interviews (and more) weekly: http://bit.ly/nastymondayz Follow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ENxb4B... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Follow us on Social Media: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... http://www.twitter.com/nojumper http://www.instagram.com/nojumper https://www.facebook.com/NOJUMPEROFFI... http://www.reddit.com/r/nojumper JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBm Follow Adam22: https://www.tiktok.com/@adam22 http://www.twitter.com/adam22 http://www.instagram.com/adam22 adam22hoe on Snapchat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The sharp tape. No jumper.
0:04.2	Sharpest, coolest podcast in the world.
0:09.4	And today, if you ain't seeing my man, he was joking on shit in the movie hustle,
0:15.1	man, for real. He was dunking on shit, man, going crazy.
0:19.1	I got my man, Elvin Rodriguez in the building today, ladies and gentlemen.
0:23.3	How you doing today, man?
0:24.4	Good, man. Can't complain, bro. Thank you for bringing me off.
0:26.9	So, man, you from you from around here, you from all of New York originally.
0:30.9	So you flew in?
0:31.7	Yeah, well, I know I've been living out here now for the past year.
0:34.4	You know, I've ever since the movie came out, but yeah, man, it's trying to,
0:38.9	you know, do it out here, man.
0:40.1	Do. How's it been for you, man, like doing filming everything?
0:43.7	It's been pretty good to be honest, but that was my first film I've ever done.
0:47.3	Yeah, you know, see, I got lucky during the pandemic,
0:51.1	because you know, the pandemic ain't nobody knew what the hell he was doing.
0:54.1	Right, right, right, right.
0:55.4	I'm like, I'm like, I don't know what I'm going to be doing with the rest of my life.
0:59.5	All I knew was basketball in school, you know, and just being on the specific system.
1:04.8	When that pandemic hit, I was like, yeah.
1:07.4	It seemed like when the pandemic hit, it changed for a lot of people.
1:10.9	Yeah.
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