Djimon Hounsou Is 'Still Struggling to Make a Dollar' in Hollywood: 'I Feel Tremendously Cheated' in Terms of Pay and Workload

[RennisDeynolds]

The Future is Female

Nah it's not. Djimon was my dream casting for this role


Instead he's playing tertiary characters in bit parts

 

[Achille]

Sad to read about it. He and Snipes should have been in Black Panther 1 as one of the elders if Marvel respected their contributions before the film's release.

 

[semicko82]

That's tough. Was Blood Diamond a good movie?

Good movie, highly recommend

 

[rabbid]

he reprising his role as a magical negro in shazam. ya hate to see it. he would do an amazing job leading a well written TV show or something. he could easily be a leading actor on the level of liam neesons.

 

[Kendom]

That's tough. Was Blood Diamond a good movie?

Blood Diamond is a fantastic movie

 

[LadyJ2]

“Today, we talk so much about the Oscars being so white, but I remember there was a time where I had no support at all: no support from my own people, no support from the media, from the industry itself. It felt like: ‘You should be happy that you’ve got nominated,’ and that’s that.”

 

[feelosofer]

 

[Pool_Shark]

Best role was when he played the trainer in Never Back Down

 

[White City Black]

They stay undermining him with supporting roles. Shyt's insulting. No way in hell he should not have his own production or two to attach is name to.

Hollywood

I’m saying at this point he might be better off producing his own films and putting himself in some significant roles. But then just raising funding for the movies will be another battle altogether

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

He might be better off going the prestige tv route, theres not enough big leading roles for him on movies

tv shytting on movies anyway

 

[VoxSphere74]

He was the actor who did the audio work for T'Challa in the BET Black Panther cartoon.

And unfortunately he was typecasted as the Black sidekick to white protagonists in Gladiator, Constantine, and other films and never got his due.

Which is why it's important for Black people to have sufficient money to hire their own people so they don't have to make the choice between staying in Black media but making less money or choosing white media projects, making more money, but being the token Black cast member with minimal prominence.

 

[Apollo Creed]

If he was t in GOTG he woulda been perfect for a black panther prequel abot Tchaka or another past panther

 

[radio rahiem]

Unfortunate. He’s good in every thing he’s in too.

 

[Silver Surfer]

I heard he worth 12 mill...thats a good number tho

 

[ORDER_66]

I give him credit dude stay putting in work... Maybe he can call up James Gunn and see if he can get into the new DC movies??? alot of actors go throughout their careers without recognition but they are recognized...