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Dave East Set To Portray Method Man In Hulu’s ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’

<p>Dave East is about to have his acting skills on full display as it was announced that he would be portraying Method Man in the upcoming series &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Wu-Tang&colon; An American Saga&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;wu-tang-an-american-saga-julian-elijah-martinez-dave-east-vinnie-pastore-join-cast-of-hulu-drama-series-craig-zisk-to-direct-1202569422&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Dave East will play the role of Shotgun &lpar;Method Man&rpar;&period; His character is described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tall&comma; with a knack for rhymes&comma; Shotgun takes pride in being the assistant manager at the concession stand next to the Statue of Liberty&period; A popular figure in Staten Island&comma; he stays above the turf wars&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wu-tang-scripted-series-ordered-by-hulu&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; the 10 episode series comes from Wu-Tang’s own RZA&comma; writer Alex Tse and Imagine Television&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the series synopsis&comma; it will be set in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;early ’90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic&comma; the show tracks the Clan’s formation&comma; a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA&comma; who strives to unite a dozen young&comma; black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other members to recently join the cast include&comma; Julian Elijah Martinez&comma; and Vinnie Pastore&comma; who will recur on the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cast members that were previously announced include Erika Alexander&comma; Shameik Moore&comma; Ashton Sanders and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The RZA and Method Man are attached to the project as executive producers&comma; and Ghostface Killa&comma; Inspectah Deck&comma; Masta Killa&comma; and GZA as well as the Estate of Ol’ Dirty Bastard&comma; will serve as consulting producers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"BuUaCnmFYCD" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;wu-tang-an-american-saga-julian-elijah-martinez-dave-east-vinnie-pastore-join-cast-of-hulu-drama-series-craig-zisk-to-direct-1202569422&sol;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;wu-tang-an-american-saga-julian-elijah-martinez-dave-east-vinnie-pastore-join-cast-of-hulu-drama-series-craig-zisk-to-direct-1202569422&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"47916" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;dave-east-set-to-portray-method-man-in-hulus-wu-tang-an-american-saga&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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