Wesley Snipes and Eric Newman on True Story and How Snipes Was Almost on Narcos

With the seven episode limited series, True Story, now streaming on Netflix, I recently got to speak with Wesley Snipes and creator Eric Newman about making the show. If you’re not familiar with the series, True Story is centered around a world famous comedian nicknamed Kid (Kevin Hart) as he stops for performances in his hometown of Philadelphia and attempts to reconnect with his older brother, Carlton (Snipes). Upon his very first night back in town, things go awry, and Kid is forced to answer the question of how far he'll go to protect what he has. Eric Newman, who served as showrunner of the Netflix hits Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, created the series and it also stars Tawny Newsome, Will Catlett, Paul Adelstein, Theo Rossi, Ash Santos, John Ales, Chris Diamantopoulos, Billy Zane, and Lauren London. During the interview, they talked about why they each wanted to make the series, how Newman decided on seven episodes, the way every episode leaves you on a cliffhanger, how Snipes originally thought