Nicky Jam: “Acting is something I want to do for the rest of my life”

He comes back as a bad boy.

His aspirations in acting have been clear for a long time. That’s why Nicky Jam celebrates every step he takes in this facet, which is convinced to provide more dedication.

Giving voice to the cat character “Butch” in the film Tom and Jerry, which opens on February 26, is one of the most valued experiences in this regard.

“I enjoyed it and my dad is proud of it above anything I’ve done in Hollywood, above movies I’ve done with Will Smith (Bad Boys for Life), Vin Diesel (The return of Xander Cage). This is bigger than anything for him, “the urban videoconference performer from Miami, Florida confessed with pleasure to Primera Hora.

“And the simple fact that my father is proud of this project makes me take this project more personally, and of course, I’m a fan of Tom and Jerry since chamaquito, I have always been equipment “Jerry” full up“, Added the reggaeton player, who expressed that” being one of the first urban music artists to do the voices of an animated doll in Hollywood is so great and for me. “

Representing “Butch” made him find a connection to the character.

“I’m the black kitten, the alley kitten, the bad alley. I identify a lot with ‘Butch’, which is the character’s name, because on the outside he looks abrupt, but on the inside he has a good heart. this is Nicky, this is Nicky Jam, ”he compared. “He has a it looks rough on the outside, but hey, I have a good heart and I know, I’m not that rough inside “.

Performing the character did not pose a greater challenge, he revealed.

“Honestly recording into a microphone is something I’ve done since I was 12. I don’t see it as anything different. The director (Tim Story) just told me that’s what you should say but in your own way, and it went be what I did, I gave it my color “. With this guideline, he gave it his own style.

“My English is a lot on the streets of New York, so I think it was the perfect English for this ‘Butch’ character because it has that city-like feel and ‘you know, I got that New York accent.'”

It’s not the first time Nicky has personified an villain, and he says he’s not surprised by the respect.

“I think it’s the image I have, an image that looks bad and I have character and personality. It helps me to give a touch of bad, but at the same time, to give it that mischief of sexy (laughs), which is what these people have told me, I don’t say it, they say it, ”he mentioned pleased, and advanced that his plans in the performance are going very seriously.

“It’s something I want to do for the rest of my life,” he assured emphatically. “The first outing into the art world was music. It was my easiest way to get to be known, and I discovered much later that it was something I liked. But I got to do works of art. theater at school, ”he recalled. “I did a myriad of things when I was little, I already have experience in acting. I’m enjoying it and I want more and I want to be a film director. There are a lot of things I want to do,” the artist argued.

Active with new topics

On the other hand, music is still present in his projects, and currently promotes the simple They make your photos, Which has the collaboration of singer Romeo Santos, and is a preview of what will be his album Infinity, Which plans to launch in March.

“He loved it. I had sent him like two songs to Romeo Santos and he would say to me ‘Nicky, I really don’t see myself in these songs,’ but he particularly loved that song, he added a lot of it,” he said. highlighted. “He put his poet touch on it,” he added, and shared how much he enjoyed making the music video.

“I really enjoyed it because it’s a video where they had never seen the facet of Nicky Jam dressed as an executive, in an office and in a suit. And in Romeo, they had never seen him in this watch silly“Because video is like a comic medium, at the same time it has a touch of humor.”

Record production, which will also include the single dust (With the collaboration of Myke Towers), has the essence of reggaeton.

“I love this project. It made me want to lose weight and look beautiful because I said ‘what’s the point of making good music and not having the image to back it ‘“, He argued, and shared that the album will feature romantic songs, heavy perreo and commercial reggaeton.

On the other side of the interview

The reggaeton player is also working on his program The Rock Star Show, Which has featured guests such as Luis Fonsi, Karol G and Maluma, and which is broadcast on its YouTube channel NickyJamTV.

“I really enjoy it because I feel like I’m talking to my siblings, to people who are of the same DNA as me and who breathe the same air as me,” he confessed about the interview space.

“One sits down to ask him these questions that I know he doesn’t ask a lot of people, to ask them questions that only an artist could ask them from artist to artist,” the voice of Until dawn i forgiveness.

“I really love knowing what their internal battles are, what the wars are, what their fears are,” he detailed, referring to his interest in investigating how they endure fame “because a lot of people don’t have the ability. to handle this, to deal with it “.