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How Pete Davidson's Grandpa Played Hardball With Him After Co-Starring In ‘The King of Staten Island’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Pete Davidson stars in the movie The
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  Speaker 1: King of Staten Island, basically playing himself. He co wrote
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  Speaker 1: the script with Judd Apatao, who also produced and directed it,
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  Speaker 1: and it's about a guy dealing with the death of
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  Speaker 1: his firefighter father. And Pete's not the only member of
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  Speaker 1: his real family in the film. His mom makes a
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  Speaker 1: cameo and his grandpa actually plays his grandpa. It wasn't
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  Speaker 1: the original plan, but Judd was actually inspired because his
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  Speaker 1: grandpa just kind of kept visiting the set and decided
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  Speaker 1: to cast him. His grandpa was happy to play the role,
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  Speaker 1: but didn't cut Pete any breaks when it came to
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  Speaker 1: getting paid. Pete tells Jimmy Kimmel, my grandpa doesn't realize
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  Speaker 1: that it takes three months to get paid doing anything
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  Speaker 1: in this business. After the movie rapped, he called me
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  Speaker 1: every week and told me, I know that I'm your grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: but a job as a job, and he didn't leave
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  Speaker 1: me alone until he caught paid. The King of Staten
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  Speaker 1: Island is available on demand now that's direct from Hollywood.