Actor, singer, and funnyman Nick Cannon wants to get serious. Which is why he took a role in the big screen drama American Son, due in 2008. Cannon will play the lead in a story about a new recruit fresh from Camp Pendleton who faces a wide range of issues while on leave with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday.

"It's something that's extremely dramatic," Cannon told syndicated columnist Marilyn Beck. "It's about a young Marine and what he goes through during the 100 hours before his deployment. I was excited about doing something few people have seen me do."

Cannon went through boot camp to prepare for the role, but he said that wasn't the hardest part of making the film. "We actually shot this full scene with me naked. I didn't expect to have to do that. That was interesting. I mean, I had nothing on at all. But I'm kind of an exhibitionist anyway, so I kind of got over it," he explained.

Cannon is known for his comic turns on his production Wild N Out and Short Circuitz, as well as films like The Underclassmen and Roll Bounce. But he has also been branching into dramas, like his role in the ensemble drama Bobby.

Cannon also hosts Nick Cannon's Star Camp, a reality series about a youth group known as The Giggle Club who learn how to be stars. It streams every Sunday on Nickelodeon's broadband video player, TurboNick.




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