Laurence Fishburne turning down Pulp Fiction cost him another major role

[dj-method-x]

Larry would have been great in Die Hard 3.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Larry would have been great in Die Hard 3.

 

[Lefty Gunz]

 

[FaTaL]

no rappers

 

[Bugzbunny129]

I don't how he thought that was a good move. Name one good western comedy. aint none.

You right, but only for the time.

In the 90s westerns were all but dead minus flicks like dances with wolves, unforgiven, tombstone etc. blazing saddles worked cause westerns were still a primary movie type back then. But by the 90s, serious westerns only worked.

Movie just sucked all around. Everything about it.

City slickers is the closest i can think of for a good comedy in the era same era.

 

[Bugzbunny129]

For jules

“No rappers” lmao

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

It just dawned upon me that prior to Pulp Fiction, SLJ only had bit parts on films, but they were memorable bit parts. Coming To America, Do The Right Thing, Goodfellas, Juice, True Romance, Menace 2 Society, and Jurassic Park.

To be fair Jungle Fever he had a similar significant role. That was the part that made Tarantino seriously consider him.

Although it is wild that we assume he was big time already because we seen him in so many movies.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

The Matrix really saved him from that being a career ruining decision. Glad it worked out for both brehs, both of whom are great actors.

For the record, Fishburne believes the role of Jules in “Pulp Fiction” is absolutely “a leading-man part” and that “Sam Jackson walks away with the movie.” The actor added, “Sam fukking sticks the movie in his pocket and walks away from it, walks into a fukking leading-man career. What are you talking about? It’s a great part.”

“I just had a problem with the way the heroin use was dealt with,” Fishburne said. “I just felt it was a little cavalier, and it was a little loose. I felt like it made heroin use attractive. For me, it’s not just my character. It’s, ‘What is the whole thing saying?’…It wasn’t about my character in ‘Pulp Fiction.’ It was about the way in which the heroin thing was delivered. And the whole fukking thing with the hypodermic and the adrenaline shot? No.”

“It wasn’t about the part,” Fishburne continued. “It was about the totality of the thing, where I was like, ‘Why is it that the biggest, blackest, baddest motherfukker in the whole thing gets fukked in the ass by two country-ass motherfukkers? Explain me that.’ But when you talk to Ving [Rhames], he was like, ‘You know what, Fish? You have no idea how many cats have told me, “Thank you for doing that,”‘ and appreciated the fact that I was able to do that because some cats, that happens to them, and they’re still men. Just because you get raped, doesn’t make you any less a man.’ I wasn’t evolved enough to actually realize that, or to even think about it in those terms, but Ving was. Everything’s not for everybody.”

Also mentions why he didn't play Radio Raheem in Do The Right Thing

Laurence Fishburne Opens Up About Rejecting ‘Pulp Fiction’ Over Tarantino’s Heroin Storyline

Fishburne also turned down "Do The Right Thing" because parts of Spike Lee's script "felt a little disingenuous" to him.

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[Ohene]

It's hard when you're an actor on the rise, you gotta have a 3rd eye and sixth sense when choosing movie roles. Because one or two bombs can sink your career. And you can get type cast as a supporting actor, when you are trying to becoming a leading man. Especially as a BLACK ACTOR you have to be careful how you choose.

I understand why Fishburne turned it down. Just like I understand why Will turned down the Matrix, that movie was a risk.

Nah matrix made perfect sense for will after independence day and men in black