| Alchemist’s original rap group from 1990’s was The Whooliganz, which featured the actor Scott Caan. How did the decision come about to include the old group, The Whooliganz into the album, Lord Steppington? Alchemist: Well, Evidence gave us a verse on our Whooliganz album back in 1993. And we still owed him. So, we never really paid him back. Scott [Caan] was like, remember that verse you did on “All Across the Map”? Scott Caan is an amazing rapper. It will all be seen in the world that they were sleeping on him in 1993. But we are going to wake them up in 2014. |
| In 1995 Scott Caan began making a name for himself in the entertainment industry landing roles in independent films and studying at Playhouse West acting school in Los Angeles. The son of silver screen tough guy and Academy Award-nominee James Caan quickly saw his career rise with brilliant turns in major motion pictures including Enemy of the State, Varsity Blues, Boiler Room, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Novocaine, Into the Blue and Friends with Money. Then there’s his appearances in Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen portraying “Turk Malloy” alongside Brad Pitt, George Cooley, Matt Damon, the A-listers he calls peers go on and on. Caan landed coveted roles on HBO’s Entourage (playing Scott Lavin) and CBS’ hit series Hawaii Five-0 portraying Detective Danny ‘Danno’ Williams. The latter garnered him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Not one to rest on his laurels, the City of Angels native has also directed films Dallas 362 and The Dog Problem, as well as written scripts including The Trouble We Come From playing at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank through July 12th. He co-stars in these live performances as well along with Michael Weston, Teri Reeves and Claire van der Boom. Caan also has earned a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and finds time to donate for charitable causes. He was kind enough to grant this exclusive interview to The Tolucan Times in between rehearsals at The Falcon. читать дальше |
| The playwright Scott Caan — yes, the same square-jawed Scott Caan who has appeared in Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" franchise and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Danny "Danno" Williams on CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" — doesn't know from hiatus. While his hit TV show is on summer break, the 38-year-old actor-writer-producer-director-photographer is starring in his newest self-penned stage comedy, "The Trouble We Come From." Last year, the prolific author released "Vanity," his second volume of photographs. This fall he'll release "The Performance of Heartbreak," a collection of his 10 one-act plays, through Rare Bird Books. During rehearsals for the play, which runs through June 28 at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, Caan — who began his performing career as "Mad Skillz," half of the short-lived 1990s teenage hip-hop duo Whooliganz — took time to parse his restless creativity. читать дальше |
| One of the intangible skills that Caan claims was learned on the streets at an early age was how to smell respect…and a rat. "You're not a quitter, you're not a rat," Caan says with finality. "My son [actor Scott Caan] grew up here in L.A. but he's got a New York morality. Now that sounds like a pompous friggin' thing to say, but there is such a thing as a New York morality, although today these guys are ratting on each other like, you know, it's going out of style. I mean, it's terrible. There are more rats in jail than thieves." |
| With the exception of Gardens of Stone, Caan had pretty much dropped out and turned, instead, to coaching boys baseball for the next six years. .. His son Scott also played baseball as well as basketball and soccer, on teams that his dad coached, but it was his skill with a bat that had his father thinking major leagues and, a few years later, thinking about cocaine rehab. "I thought I was fooling my son. I was so stupid," Caan says. "I mean, you're never consciously hurting people, but when you look back, you go, 'Oh my God.' I didn't think he knew what was going on, you know; you think that kids aren't bright enough. But that's what woke me up, pretty much. Scott went after some guy -- Scott was 15, 16 -- with a baseball bat. He was going to kill him. A dope dealer. My son! It's like crying out of one eye and smiling out of the other, you know? That was like the rude awakening. It was over." |
| When it comes to his children, Caan is unabashedly gooey. When his two youngest burst into the hotel suite to announce that they're going swimming, they do so only after tumbling onto their dad's lap and spending 15 minutes confidently throwing questions at the interviewer and wanting to play with the tape recorder. When conversation turns to eldest son Scott, Caan says, simply, "he's the apple of my eye" and brags about Scott having won a prize at the 2003 Las Vegas Film Festival for his feature Dallas 362. |
| A torrid afternoon slid me like a sweat-puck through the difficult-to-navigate-while-driving-a-Chevy-Silverado hillsides of Los Angeles to engage with probably one of the most insultingly badass people in the world, Scott Caan. Famous for pretty much everything he does, Scott’s hunger for all things creative has taken him on a wild ride from neighborhood troublemaker, to rapper, to actor, to writer, to director, to father, and a lot more. His refreshing honesty and bluntness was a culture-shock for me, a fringe-raised burb-zombie incubated by buffer-zones and tiny bubbles of “You’re great,” speckled with, “Who the fuck are you, and why are you at my party?“ Intelligent and soft-spoken as he is alarmingly seasoned and rugged (his office looked and smelled like a Pendleton ad), Scott is pretty much an infinity-threat, easy to be jealous of, but really difficult not to like. In anticipation of the upcoming release of his new book Vanity, I anxiously slugged up to his dwellings to snatch knowledge on his creative passions, and the motivations that have driven them. читать дальше |
| Before talking with Scott Caan, the actor, I had no idea of what to expect. I mean, I’d seen him on the big screen in Novocaine and all of the Ocean’s series, and on TV in Entourage, but these were just characters, not the man himself. How close to the real Scott Caan were the people he portrayed? While I was supposed to be on the phone to talk about “Vanity,” his new book of photography and concurrent show at Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles, I was just as curious about finding out who he actually was. Who I discovered was a guy bursting with creativity and a clear outlook on life, whose talents stretched far beyond acting into music, writing, and of course, photography. He’d be just as comfortable on an Action Bronson track as he would be in a gallery, showing off the images he captured in a frame. Which is why we had this conversation in the first place. читать дальше |
| Scott Caan dabbles in just about everything. On top of starring in Hawaii Five-0, doing theater productions, and yes, his former life rapping in '90s hip hop group, The Whooliganz, he's been taking photos over the past decade, shooting intimate and documentary snapshots of his life, his travels and his A-list friends. Caan credits his start in photography in the early 2000s to his Nikon FE camera he got and the guidance of his mentor, cinematographer Phil Parmet (Grindhouse), whom he met on set of Dallas 362. He's releasing his second book of photographs, "Vanity," on October 30. However, he'll be signing early copies of the book on August 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the opening reception of his photography show at the Martha Otero Gallery in the Fairfax District. His exhibition will be on display through September 13. Caan spoke with LAist about the peculiar definition of "vanity," his bond with Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo who wrote the introduction to his book, and more. читать дальше |
| Full name: | Scott Andrew Caan |
| Date of birth: | August 23, 1976 |
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, CA |
| Hair color: | Blonde |
| Eye color: | Blue |
| Height: | 5'5 " (1,65 m) |
| Weight: Chest in Inches: Waist in Inches: Biceps in Inches: | 140 lbs (63,5 Kg) 38 Inches (96,52 cm) 32 Inches (81,28 cm) 14 Inches (35,56 cm) |
| Tattoo(s): | on the right hand near the thumb (cross [ fact end 2001/early 2002 ]); on the left hand near the thumb (three dots [ is October 12, 2011 ]); on the left hand (PONY letters on each of his fingers) |
| Nationality: | American |
| Origins: | German - Jewish (paternal grandparents) |
| Parents: | James Caan (an actor) and Sheila Ryan (a model and actress, died September 18, 2012) |
| Partner: | Kacy Byxbee |
| Children: | Josie James Caan (born on July 9, 2014) |
| Brothers and sisters: | Alexander James Caan, born April 10, 1991; Jacob Nicholas Caan, born September 24, 1998; James Arthur Caan, born November 6, 1995; Tara A. Caan, born November 5, 1964 |
| Animal(s): | blue heeler border collie (Dot, born in 2006-07 and adopted before March 2008) |
| Residence: | Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; Honolulu (Hawaii) during the filming of Hawaii Five-0 |
| Education: | High school; six different schools from which he was expelled; Beverly Hills High School; Excelsior High School in Los Angeles, CA; Courses drama at the Playhouse West in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (since 1997 and still follows) |
| Former Occupation(s): | Baseball player; rapper in the hip-hop duo "The Whooliganz" with Mudfoot 1990-1994 |
| Occupation(s): | Actor, writer, director, photographer, producer |
| Sport(s): | Brazilian jujitsu (graded to 1st degree black belt in Jan 31, 2016); boxing (3 years trains at Hollywood 's Wild Card Gym with his trainer Freddie Roach); baseball (shortstop position in HS baseball team); golf (participate in Annual James Caan Golf Classic); rodeo (since it is small as it was at the ranch his uncle Ronnie); surfing (since it is small, for 3 hours each day); martial arts, softball, basketball, cycling, dance, physical training, lasso, swimming, ping-tennis, snowboarding, skateboarding, the four wheels, soccer |
| Inspirations: | Sean Penn, his father (James Caan), Marlon Brando and Robert DuVall |
| Hobbies: | Singing, driving, writing (mostly scenarios), hit balls, computers, playing guitar, shop (when it feels sexy - which is often), photography, watching baseball and staying home to work |
| Preferences: | Actor(s): Marlon Brando Boxer — James Tobey Song — "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath Location Vacation — El Salvador Sport team(s) — Baseball: New York Yankees Music style — Rock and Roll |
