Dante Basco
“Hook” Star Dante Basco Explains How His Character Inspired Skrillex’s “Bangarang”
Skrillex superfans and pop culture aficionados may know that the title of his Grammy Award-winning EP and single, Bangarang, gets its name from a catchphrase featured in the 1991 Steven Spielberg movie Hook. In a recent interview with Comicbook.com, Dante Basco, one of the film’s leading actors, spoke about how his character helped to inspire one of Skrillex’s most iconic works. In the interview, Basco explained that he actually knew Skrillex before his rise to the top of the EDM world. He then shared a story about how they bumped into each other at a party, where Skrillex introduced him as “the reason for ‘Bangarang'” and remarked on how interesting it was to see the two worlds collide. When Skrillex dropped the Bangarang track, again another t...
