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That's totally a self-fulfilling prophecy that would lead 99% of the time to a ) black people not getting cast in

Posted by: Jane_Citizen on Oct 02, 16:57 in response to Antibody's post With the exception of Will Smith, movies with black lead...

the projects with the most b/o potential, and b) underinvestment in selling movies featuring black leads because eveyone assumes they won't succeed.

So as an assertion, i's not exactly testable.

How did Will Smith become the exception, I'd like to know...

New Bond Rumors re: Idris Elba [IELBA] brandolphsmith Sep 29, 13:43

Random British actors being asked if they wanted to play James Bond and them being into the idea is not news. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Sep 29, 17:14

FWIW though I'd go see Idris as Bond, although I've not cared about this franchise for many years {nm} Jane_Citizen Oct 01, 20:35

Where's Wallace? That's all I want to know.Where the fark is Wallace? Huh? String! STRING! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! WHERE THE FARK IS WALLACE {nm} PrezBO Sep 29, 20:13

I saw him with Waldo. Anyone seen Waldo? {nm} Rocket Oct 01, 02:38

Elba as Bond...you've got to be kidding?! {nm} HarryWarden Sep 30, 09:29

Elba as a Norse god... you've got to be kidding?! {nm} PrezBO Sep 30, 10:11

Can we get a asian Bart Simpson? Lets make Shaft French too. This is a stupid rumour. Lucas73YTD Oct 01, 12:39

well this isn't as extreme as those...Idris is British {nm} tealfan Oct 01, 15:59

Brosnan is Irish. Lazenby is Australian. {nm} Antibody Oct 02, 10:10

Anyone cast as a Norse God shouldbe forced to speak in ancient (um) 'Norse'. Otherwise, no gig for anyone. Jane_Citizen Oct 01, 20:33

ticket buyers had no problem with M becoming a woman, Felix becoming African-American and Bond going blond {nm} tealfan Oct 02, 07:56

With the exception of Will Smith, movies with black lead do not perform well at the international box office. {nm} Antibody Oct 02, 10:15

that's true...if this does happen someday, Idris's performance would have to be awesome to win over skeptics {nm} tealfan Oct 02, 14:20

That's totally a self-fulfilling prophecy that would lead 99% of the time to a ) black people not getting cast in Jane_Citizen Oct 02, 16:57

It's because (link) Will Smith studies box office figures and made a conscious decision to focus on starring in films heavy on FX. Also, he Andre C Oct 02, 23:17

Thanks for the link - interesting article {nm} JDolphin Oct 03, 00:54

...which shows that he knows he has to be 5 x more bankable than someone else just to get an equal amount of Jane_Citizen Oct 03, 07:59

that is a good article. the guy sound slike he should be running a studio {nm} Jane_Citizen Oct 03, 08:05

It's already true today with stars like DWASH, TPERR...etc. {nm} Antibody Oct 03, 09:55





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