Avril Lavigne Teases Mark Hoppus & More Musician Cameos In Sk8r Boi Movie

Avril Lavigne teases that Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus is one of many musician cameos she plans for the Sk8r Boi movie based on her song of the same name. The now 37-year-old pop-punk singer first made waves in the music scene in 2002 with her debut album Let Go, and Lavigne has since become an industry mainstay, receiving eight Grammy awards over the course of her career. Let Go ended up being the highest-selling album by a female artist the year of its release.

The Canadian singer released “Sk8r Boi” as the second single from Let Go after the debut single “Complicated.” The song tells an ill-fated high school love story between a popular girl and unpopular skater boy. Despite harboring feelings for each other, the popular girl refuses to date the skater boy and says, in the enigmatic words of Lavigne, “see ya later, boy.” In an ironic narrative twist, Lavigne croons that the unpopular skater boy, in fact, grows up to become an incredibly popular rock star, while the not-so-fortunate girl becomes a single mother and watches his success wistfully as he now sings for another woman on MTV.

The song is now being adapted into a feature film and in an interview with ET Canada, Lavigne gushed with excitement over the project, revealing that she wants it to feature a variety of cameos from her various musician friends. Confessing that her own high school experience inspired the song, Lavigne divulges that the movie will center around the same fictional teenage couple she wrote about 20 years ago. Given the impressive and record-breaking career Lavigne ended up with, it’s no surprise that musicians like Hoppus are all too eager to appear in her movie. Check out her comment below:

“I am definitely hitting up my musician friends to make cameos in this because it would be really fun… I was talking to Mark Hoppus the other day. I was like, ‘Mark, you have to make a cameo in my ‘Sk8er Boi’ movie,’ and he was like, ‘I’m in!’…I felt like he could be like, a cool teacher or something in it.”

While Lavigne released “Sk8r Boi” very early on in her career, she insists that she remains deeply proud of not only that song but of her entire discography to date. Rightfully so, as Lavigne herself wrote every single song she’s ever released. Her success extends internationally as well, particularly in Japan, where her first three albums sold over a million copies. Additionally, with her “The Best Damn Thing” tour in 2008, she notably became the first Western artist to do a full tour in China. Fast forward to today and the enthusiastic willingness of a musician like Hoppus to appear in her movie further speaks to the enduring impact of the singer-songwriter.

Lavigne has not only broadly influenced the music industry with her skill and commercial success, she also crucially helped to pave the way for other female musicians on the alternative rock music scene – a scene that men traditionally dominated – and all at an incredibly young age. Lavigne’s edgy persona, guitar-heavy musical stylings, and unapologetic vision for her music are now emblematic of the early 2000s pop-punk era. It seems Sk8r Boi aims to both fondly remind audiences of a time gone by while also cementing the enduring relevance of Avril Lavigne‘s legacy.

Source: ET Canada