Here's the difference, breh:
The biopics that you're pointing out have common threads which this Tupac biopic does not:
Ben Kingsley, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Denzel Washington (hell, let's also throw in Angela Bassett, while we're at it ) are all
seasoned thespians who won their parts - and who were then subsequently MADE to look like the people they were playing - chiefly because (a) they're all PROVEN
method actors, (b) each had physical features already closely-enough matching those of the people whom they were playing so as to make their performances EFFECTIVE, and (c) those physical features, after then being properly costumed and made-up and such, only worked to complement and enhance the strong acting performances each gave AS respected actors. In those biopics, THOSE are the factors which made their portrayals credible....or put another way, EFFECTIVE.
To date, AIN'T no actor been able to do that as Tupac. Oh sure, cats may look like him...but then they're not seasoned actors. Or cats be seasoned actors (like Anthony Mackie)....but then they can't pull off the PERSONA, and thus instead their portrayals end up coming off lame (I know of NO ONE ALIVE who praised his portrayal of Pac in "Notorious", but DO know the gang of people who say the opposite, including cats on THIS site. And Anthony Mackie got acting chops, too, but the nikka didn't LOOK like Pac either). If there were, it's highly likely that you would have already seen a major studio attempt to cast him for this movie.
Now to your point....sure, you can MAKE any Tupac movie you WANT. But does that mean it's going to be an EFFECTIVE performance (there's that word again)? Especially if the actor playing the main character is a newcomer? Or don't LOOK like the main character?
Keep it a whole RACK....if you go to see a biopic and the actor doesn't look anything like the person they're playing, that's not going to be as EFFECTIVE of a performance to the viewer, no matter how good the acting is. That's just basic common sense....nikka nobody wanna see Whoopi Goldberg playin Tina Turner.
So yes....I don't think it's likely that there's some actor out there who just so HAPPENS to look like Pac and then who just so HAPPENS to be a credible enough actor to pull off this role. That's my opinion.
Just DON'T make the shyt at ALL if you was gonna make some bootleg ass shyt.
Oh well......
@Jerz-2 That might be the biggest problem. Benny Boom is directing. He don't have the skins on the walls that F. Gary Gray does. Plus Ice Cube was producing "Straigt outta Compton". What notable black filmmaker is producing this 2pac movie?
....So i think those fans realize it will be hard to make everybody happy,too many people thinking certain thimgs shouldve been included that wasnt.....and lets be clear pacs life had more highlights than muhammad ali /malcolm x and run ins with more famous people for obvious reasons
