Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “ATL”

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The skating 

Contrary, to what the film would have you believe, everybody in Atlanta doesn’t know how to skate all that well. T.I., who’s a native struggled himself. And so, three months before filming even started the cast was in intense practice making sure they looked official on skates. They had two practices a day. One from 9:00- 11:00 am, they took a break and then rehearsed again from 3:00-6:00pm. The women of the film were able to catch on quickly, while the men struggled. Their skate captain, Vaughn Newton, said that everybody was a good student and was supportive in helping their cast members. Here’s what T.I. had to say about learning: “I can’t say that I was a skater,” says Harris. “I did go to the skating rink but I didn’t do moves or special routines and I didn’t have a skate crew, so I wasn’t really a skater, but what I didn’t have in skill, I made up for in heart,” he confides. “No time out.”

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