Snoop Dogg leads a group of potty-mouthed kids as a youth football coach in ‘The Underdoggs’ film

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The film was inspired by Snoop Dogg’s Snoop Youth Football League

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Snoop Dogg’s new film “The Underdoggs,” the use of cuss words are the norm between adults and children who find themselves wasted in a booze-chugging scene. But beyond the brash content, the movie’s underlying message centers around the importance of building a resilient community that ultimately turns into family.

“Everybody has their own unique personalities. Everybody has their own story,” said Dogg about the characters in Charles Stone III’s R-rated comedy, which started streaming Friday on Amazon Prime. The story explores the world of youth football — an area the rapper knows all too well.

The film was inspired by Dogg’s real-life experiences through his Southern California-based 

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Stone, the film’s director, said Dogg knew the type of outspoken kids to cast for the project. He likened the movie to a remake of the 1976 classic “The Bad News Bears,” but his film has the kids well-versed in delivering adult language, which he says is reality.

The director said the expectation was to steer away from PG- or G-rated movies and to be funny by pushing the boundaries along with an emotional storyline.

“In terms of these kids, it’s very easy for the hype to be like ‘This is a movie about cussing 10-year-olds who play football and hijinks ensues.’” said Stone, who directed “Drumline,” “Mr. 3000” and “Paid in Full.”

“But that’ll die out if there’s no emotional current underneath. The cussing has context. As long as there is an emotional story underneath the bells and whistles of cussing, then that works.”

Dogg said he wanted a group of kids who were able to match his character’s begrudged demeanor. The rapper said he researched prolific wide receivers who had struggled off-the-field and straightforward coaches, like the late Bobby Knight, a brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana.

“I wanted to do a little research on coaches who had a different approach, that were more verbal and more aggressive towards the kids,” he said. “When you see him, he looks a little bit like Snoop. But when he acts, he ain’t nothing like Snoop.”

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