{"id":3243,"date":"2018-04-01T16:44:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T16:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/04\/01\/cuba-gooding-jr-recalls-his-10-years-in-the-wilderness-and-turning-down-ray-and-the-last-king-of-scotland\/"},"modified":"2018-04-01T16:44:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T16:44:20","slug":"cuba-gooding-jr-recalls-his-10-years-in-the-wilderness-and-turning-down-ray-and-the-last-king-of-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/04\/01\/cuba-gooding-jr-recalls-his-10-years-in-the-wilderness-and-turning-down-ray-and-the-last-king-of-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Gooding Jr. Recalls His \u201910 Years in the Wilderness\u2019 \u2014 and Turning Down \u2018Ray\u2019 and \u2018The Last King of Scotland\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few actors have had a career trajectory quite like that of Cuba Gooding<\/a>, Jr. Twenty years after winning an Oscar for his role in “Jerry Maguire,” the actor has mounted a comeback of sorts after what he describes as “10 years in the wilderness” marked by forgettable straight-to-DVD projects. Now he’s done a far-reaching interview<\/a> with the Guardian to discuss how he always wanted to be an actor “who does all<\/em> the parts” \u2014 and how that may have harmed his career as much as it helped it.<\/p>\n