Token Man

Eddie Layford is a starving black actor whose career has been plagued by insignificant roles in movies and commercials. His alcoholic agent, Woody, has done nothing to help his career. Pegged as the token black guy by family and friends Eddie is on the brink of retirement after eight years in the business just to save himself the constant embarrassment. Eddie’s hot headed, backstabbing, cousin Eric is a successful black actor and has starred in plenty of Tyler Perry movies and BET originals but still finds himself extremely jealous of Eddie. Eddie’s fate suddenly changes when he hears about the remake of his favorite childhood cop movie “48 Hrs.” Woody finally comes through by securing Eddie a private audition for the movie but the news quickly gets to Eric. To make matters even worse Eric’s girlfriend has the hots for Eddie. Somehow Eric steals Eddie’s audition and is up for the leading role of Reggie Hammond. This starts an all-out war between cousins. And with only months before the shooting of the film starts Eddie must find a way to get his role back from Eric. He will need the help of his agent Woody and even Eric’s girlfriend if he ever wants to relinquish the title of Token Man.