Machine Gun Kelly Claims He Was “Supposed” To Audition For ‘Sinners’ But Wouldn’t Say N-Word
Although Sinners has landed among the top box office releases of 2025 so far, Machine Gun Kelly had his reasons for passing up a role in the film.
The Grammy nominee recently claimed he was “supposed to” audition to play a vampire in writer/director Ryan Coogler‘s critically-acclaimed supernatural period piece about two brothers taking on blood-sucking neighbors in the South.
“Like SinnersI was supposed to be in that,” said Kelly on The Pat McAfee Showaccording to Billboard. “The vampire, they had me set up to do the audition — it’s the one that’s in the house, so he’s the second vampire, the one that the guy comes and eats the family. In the audition, he has to say the ‘n-word’ and I wouldn’t do it.”
Kelly appeared to be referring to the character of Bert, played by Peter Dreimanis. Married to Lola Kirke‘s Joan, the couple makes the mistake of welcoming Remmick (Jack O’Connell) into their home before he turns them into vampires.
Michael B. Jordan stars in Sinners as twin WWI vet enforcer brothers, Smoke and Stack, who come home to start a blues club in 1930s Mississippi, but discover a supernatural evil waiting for them.
Lola Kirke, Jack O’Connell and Peter Dreimanis in ‘Sinners’
Since premiering in April, Sinners has surpassed $365M at the global box office, before its streaming debut on HBO Max last month.
Despite passing up the opportunity to appear in Sinners, Kelly is open to casting opportunities. “Hey dude, I’d like to be in cinema while I still look young,” he said.
Kelly has previously appeared in films like Nerve (2016), Bird Box (2018), The King of Staten Island (2020) and Power (2020), as well as shows like Roadies, Bulkki and Dave.
