The human head may still weigh eight pounds,
but ten years and the inevitable struggles of puberty have added
quite a few more to Jonathan Lipnicki, the former Jerry Maguire child
star. After ditching his trademark eyeglasses, Lipnicki has set his sights on
landing some adult roles, and you'll never believe the first one he found.
"It's
called The LA Riot Spectacular which is actually a spoof on the
LA riots
that happened in the early 90s," Lipnicki said about the film, which is due in
January and also features porn star Ron Jeremy and Emilio Estevez,
who plays one of the policemen who beat up Rodney King.
"And it's narrated by
Snoop Dogg," Lipnicki smiled.
"It's pretty outlandish; it's kind of at the
level of Team America: World Police it might have passed that."
The
scruffy-haired teen, in the market for a part that would contrast his
Jerry Maguire baggage, sure seems to have found it. "I play an Aryan Youth, you know,
a white supremacist. I kind of do a little spoof on that, and I get to play,
basically, a white supremacist my age during the early 90s." Jonathan, what
would Stuart Little think? ...