*Cuba Gooding Jr. is returning to the big screen with a new faith-based film following a series of legal controversies that had stalled his acting career.
As we reported earlier, the actor leads the cast of “The Firing Squad,” a drama about prisoners finding Christ in an Indonesian prison, co-starring Kevin Sorbo and newcomer James Barrington. The project comes after Gooding faced sexual assault accusations and pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a woman.
“Everything that happens in my life is for a reason,” Gooding said in an interview on News Nation’s Dan Abrams Live. “I believe that, and if I continue to walk on my path, whatever that is, I know that the end result [will] be to make me stronger, to be a better person, to be a better father and right now that’s the moment I am in.”
Gooding remains hopeful that a major studio will hire him in the future.
“You got to remember, we in Hollywood talk to each other. We see each other… I’m in the Hamptons now. You go to a restaurant, and you walk in, when you have a bad headline, everyone goes, ‘Hang in there.’ … [People] come up to me on the street all the time and yell, ‘Show me the money’ and … ‘I see what you’re going through.’”
Gooding also spoke about taking accountability in an interview with Extra.
“I’ve walked my journey and understood that there are things and there’s people and reactions in society that are shifting,” he said. “Life is about adjusting. … People feel that I’m accessible to them, so I come in contact with all kinds of people, from people who adore you to people who are offended by you, people who feel you’re aggressive. And you have to learn that as you walk on this path, you must stay neutral.”
He continued, “You have to make sure that you know your intention. You have to be accountable for your own actions, and I have been. People have spoken positive and negative, but I can’t control that.”
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