September 24, 2025
‘Actually from 1999 to 2019, I used to be incarcerated. And now I am out, and I’ve no job, I am homeless.’
A social media put up revealed {that a} former youngster actor, Eric Keith McNeil, who had a task in “Stomach,” has not reaped the advantages of starring within the movie. He has been in jail, is presently homeless, and is seeking to get again on his toes at this level, keen to inform his story to youngsters who can keep away from his tragic previous.
In a video clip posted to the social media account of Marcus J. Carothers, who identifies himself as a film producer and proprietor of SPEAKTV Movie Studios in Chicago, McNeil explains how his involvement within the film business and the absence of parental steering led to his stint in jail. He was solid as a younger “thug” on the streets and shared the display with legendary Queens rapper and entrepreneur Nas, who had a starring function in “Stomach,” a 1998 film, alongside DMX.
Exhibiting a clip from the film, it appeared like life imitating artwork as he informed Nas that he had shot somebody on the roof. Within the clip from the film, he admits to capturing somebody. In his dialogue, he additionally says that he was arrested in the identical constructing the place the movie was shot in 2004.
He did seem in one other film, “Black and White” (1999), based on McNeil, however a Hollywood profession was not within the playing cards, as he was incarcerated a yr later in 1999 and remained in jail till 2019.
“Actually from 1999 to 2019, I used to be incarcerated. And now I’m out, and I’ve no job, I’m homeless.”
He stated that a number of members of the family handed away whereas he was locked up, and when he got here out, he had nobody to go to, which is why he’s homeless. He says he’s been kicked out of 4 totally different shelters and rides the trains at night time. Though he has tried to achieve out to among the males who labored on “Stomach,” he has been unable to achieve any of them, together with Nas and Hype Williams, who directed the movie.
“So now I’m on the street, and I attempt to attain out to Hype Williams, to Nas, to sure individuals, you already know, within the business, and it’s onerous, you already know?”
And though he has to steal at instances (issues like deodorant), as a consequence of his scenario, he feels he could also be higher in jail, the place he can have lodging that elude him on the road.
“I believe I lived higher in jail than after I’m on the road, actually.”
McNeil said that he was glad to be acknowledged and hopes to get again on observe. Nonetheless, he additionally talked about that he desires to speak to youngsters, within the hopes of reaching them, as a result of nobody, particularly with no mother and father round, had completed it for him.
“I wish to inform my story. I need to speak to youngsters… I used to be in “Stomach” as a result of I didn’t have mother and father. I used to be 12 years outdated, working across the streets.”
He stated getting access to cash and the standing of being within the film, with no parental steering, led him down this path he’s on, however he’s seeking to do higher.
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