You may think you knowTerry Crews, but did you know Terry Crews can hold his own in a country bar dance-off?
TheAmerica’s Got Talenthost is front and center in country starTyler Hubbard’s new music video for “Dancin' in the Country,” which PEOPLE is exclusively premiering.
“That video just painted that song in the perfect light,” Hubbard, 35, says. “It’s got enough character and personality and fun and storyline, and it’s probably my favorite video that I’ve ever been a part of. I’m really proud of it.”
As Gillham and Crews, 54, size each other up, the two trade moves, including some country two-stepping. Eventually, the star realizes he can’t stand up to the competition he faces in Gillham, and the pair share a well-earned handshake as confetti falls.
A credits scene even shows Crews joking with Hubbard about having to clean up said confetti, before the two pretend to start a dance-off of their own.
Hubbard says it was difficult to keep a straight face while filming the infectiously joyous video, but luckily for him, he didn’t have to.
“I cracked up every time, because what I love about Terry and the whole gang was how they’re really legit, great actors, and so they could turn it on and you would think that Terry was the meanest guy ever and was going to punch a hole to the wall,” he says. “And then as soon as they said cut, he was cracking up and laughing. To watch a really good actor go from a character back to themselves, it just amazes me.”
Tyler Hubbard and Terry Crews.Courtesy Universal Music Group
The country star — who recentlystepped away from Florida Georgia Lineafter 12 years to pursue his solo career — says he had an “ongoing list” of dream casting for the video, and Crews was always at the top.
“First guy. We just reached out and the way he tells it, he was jacked. ‘A country music video with Tyler Hubbard?’ He was like, ‘Heck yeah, I’m gonna do it,'” Hubbard recalls. “He’s so awesome and so fun and just a really kind, awesome guy.”
The star also heaps praise on Gillham, as well as choreographer Maya Taylor and directors Stephen Kinigopoulos and Alexa Stone of Running Bear.
Tyler Hubbard.John Russo
“I just told the guys I want to write something that’s fun and makes you want to dance, makes the kids want to dance. I said, ‘I don’t know, something like ‘Dancin’ in the Country,''” he says. “We just sort of rolled with it, and it didn’t take too long for us to know that this feels fun and this is what the goal was. I think we’ve achieved it.”
Hubbard’s self-titled debut solo album is out Jan. 27.
source: people.com
