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 Waking up Monday morning to the
news that he had been nominated in the Best
Actor category of the 48 Hour Film Project-
Chicago. The 48HFP is a timed filmmaking
competition, helping local creative people
connect to make a film, according to their
website www.48hourfilm.com. It takes place in
130 cities around the world.
Mario, the owner of Lincoln’s Anytime Fitness,
also owns his own Starpower the Elites- his
entertainment parent company that includes all
of his passions. Under that company, Canon has
launched an apparel line, motivational speaking
and music as well as the Starpower Films where
his love of acting has been promoted.
Working together with Creve Coeur, Illinois
based business Vault 309 owned by Dan Johnson
and Director- Reuben Alvarez Ramirez, Mario was
cast in the short film, The Candidate- a movie
about absolute power. Soon after the excitement
of the nomination was starting to ease a bit,
Mario was informed that he had won the category!
Canon attributes the start of his love of acting
to his college days where he and LaRoyce Hawkins
struck up a friendship that entailed all types
of positive outlets in the entertainment field.
Instead of heading down an all too accessible
path of negativity and bad choices, Canon and
Hawkins would participate in local plays, talent
shows and such, all that led to more and more
positive outcomes.
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Hawkins made his way to being featured on Chicago PD, and Canon, routed to
downstate, central Illinois where he has become a vital member of the business
community with the gym.
He’s always been one to start at the bottom and fight to the top with hard work
and determination, the gym being no different. He began his career as an
employee and trainer, working his way up to ownership, all the while using it as
a place to hone his skills regarding health, betterment of self and community,
building business relationships and fine tuning his whole being – inside and
out. And then taking all of that and empowering those around him. According to
Canon, “it’s been my grow season, if I’m helping build others as I build
myself.”
For more information regarding Canon and his acting endeavors, you can find him
on www.imdb.com. Other roles he has held were in the following pieces: Lupe
(2019), More of Us (2020) and Empire (2019).
[Misty Bell]
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