VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: ‘Problemista’ Star RZA On His Director Julio Torres

RZA spoke about his Problemista director and castmate Julio Torres in his exclusive uInterview. 

RZA spoke about the meaning of the odd film title.

“Well, by the end of the day, we all got a lot of problems,” RZA told uInterview at SXSW in Austin, Texas. “You better try to solve them, you know what I mean. And don’t be that mouse going through that maze and not figuring your way out. Take that.”

He believes that Torres has his problems figured out.

“Julio got it packed down y’all, he got it down,” he said flatly. 

RZA stars as the husband of Elizabeth, played by Tilda Swinton, who is an artist who has passed away.

Torres plays Alejandro, the main character, who is an aspiring toy designer who goes on a journey trying to figure out how to stay in the United States when his visa expires. He meets the art critic Elizabeth and works with her to catalog all of her husband’s artwork. 

The film premiered this March at the SXSW film festival and was co-produced by Emma Stone. It was expected to be released in August but has been delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

RZA is not only an actor but is also a well-known rapper. In 1991 he co-founded and led the group Wu-Tang Clan, which was nominated twice for a Grammy for Best Rap Album in 1996 and 1998. 

He began his career as an actor in the late 1900s. His debut was in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai in 1999. Since then he has starred in Nobody, Poker Face, Funny People, American Gangster and The Man with the Iron Fists