Why Machine Gun Kelly used his real name for ‘The Last Son’ acting role

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the Hollywood Reporter why he opts to use his birth name. “I think it’s more just out of respect for the art,” he said.“If you’re looking at a Basquiat piece and you have feelings about him personally,” he continued, adding, “is that fair to the art because of how you feel about him personally?”MGK can next be seen starring as a cold-blooded killer alongside Heather Graham and Sam Worthington in the Western drama “The Last Son,” now playing in select theaters and on demand.

It’s his second major big-screen starring role after 2019’s Mötley Crüe biopic “The Dirt.” Kelly believed that it was time to start using his real name to separate his Machine Gun Kelly persona — who he said is a “character,” from his musical one. “There is music and.