Dave Franco is stepping into the role of a rapper in a new movie. The 35-year-old actor and filmmaker will be playing Vanilla Ice in an upcoming flick, titled To The Extreme. Dave spoke to Insider about his upcoming role in the biopic, saying that “we have been in development for a while but we are inching closer and closer to preproduction.” He adds that the movie will be much like The Disaster Artist, which was directed by Dave‘s brother, James. “With [The Disaster Artist], people expected us to make a broad comedy where we make fun of [The Room director] Tommy Wiseau, but the more real we played it, the funnier and heartfelt it was — that’s the tone we want for this one as well,” he shared. Dave also spoke about speaking to Vanilla Ice
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