Lincoln resident featured in short film at Music Box Theatre in Chicago

 

[April 19, 2019] 

The official premier of Lupe- a short film by Jerry Fady Haddad is scheduled for Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Chicago’s famous Music Box Theatre. This film, about one of Chicago’s neighborhoods that has seen its fair share of violence, drug infestations and systematic oppression, features of one of Lincoln’s own- Mario Canon.

Canon, originally from Springfield, IL, has called Lincoln home for the last six years. He owns multiple business ventures, including his own music and clothing label, Starpower the Elites, as well as owning and operating Anytime Fitness for the past two years.

Canon combined his stage experience and his radio experience to take his career to the next level of acting six years ago. Up until then he had honed his presence with live hip hop shows, male pageants, guest spots on Springfield, IL radio station, 103.7 WDBR, along with top radio platforms in St. Louis and Decatur. Since then he has landed five independent roles on small films, two of which have appeared at the Music Theater Box in Chicago, six National Television small featured roles and a handful of commercials.

Behind the scenes he has worked on Fox Empire as a stand in for Trai Byers and also worked alongside long-time friend, LaRoyce Hawkins on Chicago PD where he has appeared in a few episodes as a cop and a gang member in the earlier seasons.

On his upcoming role, Haddad introduced Mario via his Facebook with the following comments, “My next cast announcement. This dude is so perfect for this role. He came to me via another cast member and I couldn’t be more grateful. His energy was needed for this character. I can’t picture this character and not picture him anymore and that’s a big compliment to his effort he put in. I met him one time prior to filming and he was right for the part. His stature, his menacing feel, his physical ability to impose danger was perfect. I can’t even imagine anybody else in this role.”

You can find out more about Mario Canon and his career by following him on his Facebook page, https://www. facebook.com/OfficalMarioCanon/.  More information and tickets for the movie Lupe can be found online at www.lupemovie.com.

[TEXT PROVIDED BY MISTY BELL]