Shooting Stars: Mookie Cook on Playing LeBron James, Caleb McLaughlin on Playing Lil Dru Joyce III

Shooting Stars is now streaming on Peacock and tells the story of LeBron James and his high school basketball teammates becoming a dominant team. But the film also takes a look at how James became a top recruit which then led to a legendary NBA career. PopCulture.com spoke to Mookie Cook who plays James in the movie. He revealed the one thing he did know about the four-time NBA champion while filming Shooting Stars.
"I knew that the Fab was close. I knew of them," Cook exclusively told PopCulture. "I knew that they were close, but I didn't know that they were this close. You know what I mean? I didn't know that the relationship they had was how it is now. Literally, to be friends from childhood all the way up to adults, that's rare. That doesn't happen a lot, especially just from my perspective that I only have one best friend. And now, I'm not going to lie, these are my guys. The Fab group from the acting, I could call those my brothers."
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GREAT MOVIE!!! Very INSPIRING. I hope LeBron James continues to succeed beyond his wildest imaginations. I hope he does a movie about his I PROMISE- SCHOOL. We need to celebrate, the good guys, from the hood.