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Anthony Mackiewill never forget his first.
I was like, ‘Right?’
He was like, ‘I need something on you.’
Eminem an Anthony Mackie in ‘8 Mile’.Credit:Universal Pictures
So we’re talking.
We talked for, like, two hours, chilling.
I’m like, ‘All right, man, I’ll see you later.'"
Anthony Mackie in 2025.Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty
But not Papa Doc’s life, Mackie’s.
“That’s why I’m standing there like, ‘You’re talking about me!
You’re not talking about Clarence!'”
“That has nothing to do with the character.
You’re an a–hole, Eminem.
I’m like, yes I’m gonna fight this motherf—er,” he playfully ribbed.
You’re a cool dude, I like you.’
I was like, ‘I like you too.’
“So he goes and his entire battle, the final rap,” Mackie continued.
“He Googles me and learns about me and all this stuff.
He basically makes fun of me as Papa Doc.
I’m like, ‘Well that’s a little too personal there, Mr. EW also reached out to a rep for Eminem.
