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Key Takeaways:

• A$AP Rocky performs a motel superintendent in A24’s new movie, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
• The psychological dramedy, written and directed by Mary Bronstein, additionally stars Rose Byrne and premieres in October.
• The movie provides to A$AP Rocky’s rising performing résumé, following his position in Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest.

It seems to be like we’re getting not one, however two movies starring A$AP Rocky this 12 months — and hopefully his subsequent album, Don’t Be Dumb, drops quickly, too. On Wednesday (Aug. 6), the rapper appeared in A24’s official trailer for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

Set to hit theaters in October, the psychological thriller follows Rose Byrne’s character, Linda, whose life is quickly spiraling uncontrolled. According to the synopsis, viewers will watch as she “attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.”

As for the trailer itself, A$AP Rocky’s first cameo takes place across the one-minute mark. He performs a motel superintendent named James, who, later within the video, invitations Linda again to his place. “Yo, crazy pants, I was going to partake in surfing the web for some things that I’m into,” the Harlem rapper’s character says. She responds, “What kind of stuff?”

It’s positively a unique sort of position than followers are used to seeing from him, even in comparison with Highest 2 Lowest, which ought to make for an attention-grabbing watch. Watch the clip under.

“Rocky brings a natural charisma that cannot be directed, cannot be taught,” writer-director Mary Bronstein informed Variety about casting the TESTING artist. “In the script, it says, ‘Wink at Linda’… This is a guy that has winked at people before, and it’s effective, and you cannot teach that.”

On Monday (Aug. 4), A$AP Rocky appeared within the first official trailer for Highest 2 Lowest, the Spike Lee–directed movie set to hit theaters on Aug. 15. He’ll star reverse Denzel Washington as Yung Felon, a personality who kidnaps the actor’s son and calls for a $17.5 million ransom. The artist additionally contributed two tracks, “Trunks” and “Both Eyes Closed,” to the film’s soundtrack.