Drake Surprised Kin's Myles Truitt During Filming And His Reaction Will Leave You In Your Feelings

Myles Truitt is a name you may wish to know. In the past few years, the 16-year-old Atlanta native has landed roles in Atlanta, Queen Sugar, and Black Lightning, making him a prime candidate for Variety’s 2018 Young Hollywood Impact Report alongside the likes of Timothée Chalamet, Millie Bobby Brown, Elsie Fisher, and more.


Bulking up his portfolio further, Truitt right now stars in Kin, the family member drama with a sci-fi twist executive produced by Michael B. Jordan and produced by Stranger Things’s Shawn Levy. "It's a different sort of sci-fi movie," Truitt told MTV News. "Not every movie comes with family member, action, and drama."


He makes his feature-film debut as Eli, a young teen getting used to life with his adopted father (Dennis Quaid) right after his adopted mother passed. Although his world totally shifts any time his older brother, Jimmy (Jack Reynor), comes house from prison and takes Eli on the run from his violent prison protectors-turned-debt collectors, led by James Franco’s menacing Taylor. Little does each person else know, Eli has all of the protection he needs, thanks to a mysterious, futuristic weapon he salvaged from an abandoned warehouse.


Still fairly new to acting at the time of filming, Truitt was totally aware that this role came with an elevated importance. "There's not really a lot of black young males that are main roles, so that was a big responsibility on my part, although it wasn't a negative responsibility. I was willing to hold that responsibility and take advantage of it," he said.


However, that responsibility was not without its perks — all thanks to Zoe Kravitz, whose real-life nurturing of her younger co-star mirrored that of her character, Milly, who joins Eli and Jimmy’s journey partway by means of the movie. “She was really there for me, knowing that I was the only kid on set … not having anybody there that was really my age,” Truitt raved. “She was really cool.”


The Big Little Lies actress was especially cool any time, weeks right after Truitt casually named Drake as his preference artist, she casually walked up to him with a FaceTime call from “a fan,” giving him a moment he'll never forget (with the cameras rolling, just in case). “I just visualize Drake’s face on the phone and I’m crying and just really surprised that she actually called him and remembered what I said.”


As seen in the exclusive video above, the then-14-year-old’s emotions took control from there on, the shock on his face dissolving into tears and rendering him speechless. “I really didn’t mention anything to him because I was so shell-shocked,” he mentioned of his completely understandable reaction.


Truitt hasn’t been in touch with Drake since, yet did receive a 2 a.M. Delivery of OVO gear from the Toronto rapper right following the call. “He really didn’t have to do that,” Truitt mentioned, a hint of disbelief still lingering. “That was really cool that he did that for me.”


Here’s more from Truitt on Kin, his unexpected stuntwork, and MBJ’s sage advice:


MTV News: How did you get into acting?


Myles Truitt: I initially wanted to play basketball professionally, like I really was going deep into basketball. I was around 11 years old and I was attempting to be deposited into a basketball summer camp and the slots were filled up, so the only thing that was left was theater camp. My mom was like, “Would you rather go to theater camp or go to work with your grandmother all summer?” I didn’t really want any of that, so I went to theater camp.


MTV News: Did you feel like there was any stigma you had to conquer going from athletics into something more emotional?


Truitt: Not really, and I don’t know why. I felt really comfortable on stage and about people. You know, once it comes to an audience of people I’m habitually the happy segment of the crowd. It really wasn’t really hard transitioning into that. It just came naturally.


MTV News: What attracted you to Kin?


Truitt: The short film, Bag Man. I may really connect with the character and there’s a lot of similarities with that, just how he carried himself. And there weren’t really a lot of lines in that short film, it was just acting with his eyes and the connection he had with the weapon itself.


MTV News: What were your first reactions any time while you read the feature script?


Truitt: Eli, my character, is really going through a lot of emotional things. He’s really going on an emotional roller coaster with things, so I was excited to act that out, just putting it on screen and working with the cast, as well.


MTV News: How closely did you get to work with Michael B. Jordan?


Truitt: Very close! His scenes are very emotional. He’s a really down-to-earth person and caring and charismatic. He just has that energy that the cast and everybody that was working with us needed.


MTV News: What did you learn from him?


Truitt: He had a humbling vibe to him that I just took from him and invited into myself. I really appreciate him for that. I instructed him, “I really aspire to be you any time While I grow up.” He was like, “Don’t be me; be the perfect version of yourself and I’ll be the person to help issue the blueprint.” From that point on, I’ve just been thinking about that every day.


MTV News: Did you have bonding moments with the complete cast?


Truitt: Yeah, we did have a lot of bonding moments. Especially me, Zoe, Jack, just in the vehicle. Any time the camera wasn’t on us, we would just have a lot of funny moments, especially any time we were in Las Vegas, in the casinos and go to the circuses and just chill out together and bond.


MTV News: Did you actually get to drive the car?


Truitt: Yeah, I did! I actually did get to drive the vehicle. At the age of 14, I got to do donuts. It’s not most people who get to do that, yet it was really fun. I actually drove the vehicle. There were no gimmicks or wiring or anything — just turn the steering wheel and gas it. So that was really fun doing that. My first-ever stunt in a movie.


MTV News: Were you scared?


Truitt: No, I wasn’t! I was prepared to get in there. I’d habitually wanted to drive a vehicle. While they mentioned that I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’


MTV News: Was that your first time driving?


Truitt: I mean, I’d sat on my dad’s lap and driven in the parking lot, however not really driving a vehicle like I did in the movie. So yeah, I would mention that was my first time.


MTV News: Looking into the future, do you have any dream roles?


Truitt: Yeah, I want to be a piece of Black-ish, I'd like to do something with Yara Shahidi, maybe something with Will Smith, Kevin Hart. I want to do comedic roles and stuff like that. There’re a lot of things I would like to do.


MTV News: you can revive Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.


Truitt: Yeah, I love Fresh Prince! That’s my guy right there.


This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.