{"id":112783,"date":"2020-11-14T02:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T23:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3\/"},"modified":"2020-11-14T02:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T23:46:23","slug":"the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The Neighborhood&#8217; star Marcel Spears on Season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413bf08f518\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413bf08f518\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3\/#What_attracted_you_to_the_show\" >What attracted you to the show?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3\/#Season_3_has_an_episode_addressing_Black_Lives_Matter_Do_you_think_its_important_for_entertainment_to_cover_social_issues\" >Season 3 has an episode addressing Black Lives Matter. Do you think it\u2019s important for entertainment to cover social issues?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3\/#Whats_it_like_to_work_with_Cedric_the_Entertainer\" >What\u2019s it like to work with Cedric the Entertainer?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-neighborhood-star-marcel-spears-on-season-3\/#You_grew_up_in_New_Orleans_What_was_it_like_to_experience_Hurricane_Katrina\" >You grew up in New Orleans. What was it like to experience Hurricane Katrina?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;The Neighborhood&#8217; star Marcel Spears on Season 3<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Hollywood newcomer Marcel Spears is a standout on the CBS sitcom \u201cThe Neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now in its third season (premiering Monday at 8 p.m.), <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> centers around a white Midwestern family \u2014 led by patriarch Dave Johnson (Max Greenfield, \u201cNew Girl\u201d) \u2014 as they adjust to moving into a predominantly black neighborhood in California. Dave and his family\u2019s next-door neighbors include Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer), his wife Tina (Tichina Arnold), and his sons Malcolm (Sheaun Mckinney) and Marty (Marcel Spears), a successful and nerdy engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Spears, 30, spoke to The Post about Season 3, working with Cedric the Entertainer, escaping Hurricane Katrina as a teen and more.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_attracted_you_to_the_show\"><\/span>What attracted you to the show?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The fact that I get to play a young intelligent aerospace engineer. I don\u2019t see that character much. Especially on the network that did \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d \u2014 as great as that show was and as much as I loved it, I missed having the smart black kid on there. So having that energy introduced and getting to be part of that was personally one of the things that I really liked. Outside of that, the show itself reminds me of the shows I grew up on \u2014 these family sitcoms that everybody in the house can sit and enjoy together. The message of the show is about bringing people together despite whatever cultural racial differences they might have, and finding ways to bridge the gap between different ideas and beliefs. I was like, \u201cThat\u2019s a show that we need.\u201d And three years later, we\u2019re still here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16613702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16613702 lazyload\" alt=\"Sheaun McKinney (Malcolm Butler), Marcel Spears (Marty Butler), Tichina Arnold (Tina Butler) and Cedric the Entertainer (Calvin Butler).\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Sheaun McKinney (Malcolm Butler), Marcel Spears (Marty Butler), Tichina Arnold (Tina Butler) and Cedric the Entertainer (Calvin Butler).<\/span><span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Season_3_has_an_episode_addressing_Black_Lives_Matter_Do_you_think_its_important_for_entertainment_to_cover_social_issues\"><\/span>Season 3 has an episode addressing Black Lives Matter. Do you think it\u2019s important for entertainment to cover social issues?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I honestly think sitcoms are uniquely adapted to do that. Growing up, the shows that I always watched were able to navigate that space between talking about a serious issue and making you feel better about it. Comedy is disarming, it invites people in. And when you can laugh about something, it always feels better than if somebody\u2019s preaching at you. Our show is able to talk about things that maybe others aren\u2019t able to do if they\u2019re dramas. Our audience invites us into their living rooms every week, and it\u2019s a relationship that we respect and hold in high regard. We don\u2019t take that lightly. So our show is able to reach people in a way that doesn\u2019t feel like politics. It feels like a healthy conversation between friends \u2014 or neighbors, if that\u2019s not too cheesy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16613704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16613704 lazyload\" alt=\"Cedric the Entertainer (Calvin Butler), Tichina Arnold (Tina Butler), Beth Behrs (Gemma Johnson), Max Greenfield (Dave Johnson) and Marcel Spears (Marty Butler).\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Cedric the Entertainer (Calvin Butler), Tichina Arnold (Tina Butler), Beth Behrs (Gemma Johnson), Max Greenfield (Dave Johnson) and Marcel Spears (Marty Butler).<\/span><span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_it_like_to_work_with_Cedric_the_Entertainer\"><\/span>What\u2019s it like to work with Cedric the Entertainer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cedric feels like an uncle, because I\u2019ve always admired his work. He\u2019s been part of my cultural upbringing; he\u2019s the king of comedy. He\u2019s one of those people that my dad and uncles and mom will laugh at and enjoy. So to get to stand next to this person and be in a scene with him \u2014 and to have him be a mentor, and give me tips on how to get the timing right on jokes, and to even sometimes to say I\u2019m funny \u2014 is hard to explain. If I can make him laugh in a scene, it feels like a huge accomplishment, because he\u2019s tough and he knows what he\u2019s doing. The fact that I can casually talk about Cedric the Entertainer and call him \u201cCed,\u201d like I know him, is blowing my mind. Every once in a while I have to pinch myself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16613711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16613711 lazyload\" alt=\"Hank Greenspan (Grover Johnson) and Marcel Spears (Marty Butler). \" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/marcel-spears-the-neighborhood-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Hank Greenspan (Grover Johnson) and Marcel Spears (Marty Butler).<\/span><span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_grew_up_in_New_Orleans_What_was_it_like_to_experience_Hurricane_Katrina\"><\/span>You grew up in New Orleans. What was it like to experience Hurricane Katrina?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I was 15 turning 16, and I\u2019m the oldest of five in my family. It was a really difficult time. My family had become homeless overnight. We evacuated the city before the storm, but we didn\u2019t know how bad the damage was until we saw it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> and realized we couldn\u2019t go home \u2014 there was no home to go to. My family was living in shelters, sleeping in the car. When we finally landed, it was in a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, and it was a culture shock for me. I went from New Orleans, a predominantly black city that was very vibrant and big, to this quiet suburb where there weren\u2019t that many black kids, and they didn\u2019t know how to receive these people that had just moved there\u2026That\u2019s a difficult time at a difficult age to find yourself in a new environment under those circumstances. So acting was a way for me to channel some of my confusion, anger, and hurt. Acting helped me stay sane in that time. I found myself in the work.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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