‘The Get Down’ Star Skylan Brooks Talks Researching The 1970s And Teases ‘Chaotic’ Part 2

Skylan Brooks has been learning about history. The 17-year-old actor plays Ra-Ra in “The Get Down,” a Netflix drama that depicts the lives of teenagers in 1977 as they follow their musical passions. For Brooks, that meant doing some research.

“We trained in dialects, researched war movements and really just the general time period and functions that took place,” Brooks told International Business Times.