{"id":867980,"date":"2025-08-25T23:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/aap-rocky-stars-alongside-rose-byrne-in-trailer-for-a24-thriller-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:14:20","slug":"aap-rocky-stars-alongside-rose-byrne-in-trailer-for-a24-thriller-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/aap-rocky-stars-alongside-rose-byrne-in-trailer-for-a24-thriller-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky Stars Alongside Rose Byrne In Trailer For A24 Thriller \u2018If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Image<\/p>\n<div>\n              <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"  media=\"(min-width: 600px)\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" ><source type=\"image\/jpeg\"  media=\"(min-width: 600px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.rap-up.com\/.\/media_1bd6224b3bb23d50c2fbe5a29529e43e593497395.jpg?width=750&#038;format=jpg&#038;optimize=medium\" width=\"5574\" height=\"3716\">\n              <\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Image Credit<\/p>\n<p>Pascal Le Segretain \/ Staff via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Image Alt<\/p>\n<p>ASAP Rocky at &#8220;Highest 2 Lowest&#8221; Photocall<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Image Size<\/p>\n<p>landscape-medium<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A$AP Rocky plays a motel superintendent in A24\u2019s new film, <em>If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The psychological dramedy, written and directed by Mary Bronstein, also stars Rose Byrne and premieres in October.<\/li>\n<li>The film adds to A$AP Rocky\u2019s growing acting r\u00e9sum\u00e9, following his role in Spike Lee\u2019s <em>Highest 2 Lowest<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It looks like we are getting not one, but two films starring A$AP Rocky this year \u2014 and hopefully his next album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rap-up.com\/article\/asap-rocky-pretty-boy-raps-dont-be-dumb\">Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/a><\/em>, drops soon, too. On Wednesday (Aug. 6), the rapper appeared in A24\u2019s official trailer for <em>If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Set to hit theaters in October, the psychological thriller follows Rose Byrne\u2019s character, Linda, whose life is rapidly spiraling out of control. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rose-byrne-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you-trailer-11785585#:~:text=A%20new%20trailer%20offers%20glimpses%20of%20poor%20Linda%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9Clife%20crashing%20down%20around%20her%2C%E2%80%9D%20as%20an%20official%20synopsis%20declares.%20The%20overwhelmed%20woman%20%E2%80%9Cattempts%20to%20navigate%20her%20child%27s%20mysterious%20illness%2C%20her%20absent%20husband%2C%20a%20missing%20person%2C%20and%20an%20increasingly%20hostile%20relationship%20with%20her%20therapist.%E2%80%9D%C2%A0\">synopsis<\/a>, viewers will watch as she \u201cattempts to navigate her child\u2019s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the trailer itself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rap-up.com\/article\/2011\/12\/21\/10-questions-for-asap-rocky\">A$AP Rocky<\/a>\u2019s first cameo takes place around the one-minute mark. He plays a motel superintendent named James, who, later in the video, invites Linda back to his place. \u201cYo, crazy pants, I was going to partake in surfing the web for some things that I\u2019m into,\u201d the Harlem rapper\u2019s character says. She responds, \u201cWhat kind of stuff?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely a different kind of role than fans are used to seeing from him, even compared to <em>Highest 2 Lowest<\/em>, which should make for an interesting watch. Watch the clip below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRocky brings a natural charisma that cannot be directed, cannot be taught,\u201d writer-director Mary Bronstein told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/festivals\/rose-byrne-asap-rocky-acting-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you-amid-trial-1236310851\/\">Variety<\/a> about casting the <em>TESTING<\/em> artist. \u201cIn the script, it says, \u2018Wink at Linda\u2019\u2026 This is a guy that has winked at people before, and it\u2019s effective, and you cannot teach that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday (Aug. 4), A$AP Rocky appeared in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rap-up.com\/article\/highest-2-lowest-trailer-asap-rocky-denzel-washington\">official trailer for <em>Highest 2 Lowest<\/em><\/a>, the Spike Lee\u2013directed film set to hit theaters on Aug. 15. He\u2019ll star opposite Denzel Washington as Yung Felon, a character who kidnaps the actor\u2019s son and demands a $17.5 million ransom. The artist also contributed two tracks, \u201cTrunks\u201d and \u201cBoth Eyes Closed,\u201d to the movie\u2019s soundtrack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Johnathon Pecora<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rap-up.com\/article\/asap-rocky-a24-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you-trailer\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Image Credit Pascal Le Segretain \/ Staff via Getty Images Image Alt ASAP Rocky at &#8220;Highest 2 Lowest&#8221; Photocall Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A$AP Rocky plays a motel superintendent in A24\u2019s new film, If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You. The psychological dramedy, written and directed by Mary Bronstein, also stars Rose Byrne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[469,913],"tags":[6499,10511],"class_list":{"0":"post-867980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rocky","8":"category-stars","9":"tag-rocky","10":"tag-stars"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}