Ridley Scott Tries To Explain Why The ‘Exodus: Gods And Kings’ Cast Is So White

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Damnit. So this is what we get for having a Black "The Honeymooners".

Hollywood you sneaky fukks :wow:
 

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Its amazing to see what little stuff upsets you peapole :mjlol:
a casting in a fuking movie (the white man is racist and shyt)
All the messages who removed my rep had the word CAC in it, you guys are so sad
If i calld you guys a bunch of ignorant ...... you would break a fuuckin blood vessel
But who gives a fukk, keep thinking the white man is to blame for all your problems :smugfavre:
shut the fukk up cac
 

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Jada can play his queen with a crown that be down for watever. :blessed:

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:gladbron: That's Jada?!! She looking bad as fukk!!!

:childplease: That can't be a recent pic if it's her.
 
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come on brehs really what the fukk was the man supposed to say when posed with the question...

"uh yea the studio mandated the cast be primarily white cause it's a big budget picture and they didn't have the confidence it would perform with a largely african cast..."

:comeon:

y'all muthafukkas would have been upset either way.

he's just bein political. yea it's sad that this is the way hollywood still works but it is what it is. i never expected RIDLEY SCOTT to be the one to open up that dialogue and break down those barriers.

and come on fellas it's based on a fukkin bible story. it's not a historical period piece.
 

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Somebody should make a movie about george washington and have an all black cast.

Saw the thumbnail of the trailer on Hulu+ after watchin OP.:dry: Why not make a movie in 1700's Britain wit all blacc people as the main cast, king,queen & cacs as slaves.
 

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Wasn't Will Smith suppose to star in a movie based in Ancient Egypt? Wonder what happened to that :mjpls:
 

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Wasn't Will Smith suppose to star in a movie based in Ancient Egypt? Wonder what happened to that :mjpls:


I'm still upset Will SMith gave up on his "Last Pharoah" project that he was trying to produce with his production company "Overbrook". I guess he couldn't get the financing for a "Black" lead Egypt film. That's sad that the Biggest Movie Star in the World can't even get a Black Lead Egypt film made.


He gave up cause he couldn't get the financing he needed.
 
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Now lets see if they made a black male play superman and Indian play batman

these things could work but they would have to play around wit the origins a lil bit. a black kid raised on a farm in kansas?

but theoretically i believe a re-imagining could work. look at what they're doing with annie. looks pretty good. and remember the wiz?
 

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these things could work but they would have to play around wit the origins a lil bit. a black kid raised on a farm in kansas?

but theoretically i believe a re-imagining could work. look at what they're doing with annie. looks pretty good. and remember the wiz?

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No they could not work...especially today....Annie is different...that only goes to a small demographic...and it's a play for god's sake....Denzel was cast in Brutus in Julius Caesar...Superman and batman are totally different animals

The only icon I can think that is possible to be played by a black person is James Bond....1 because they already did a secret screen test with Idris Elba and they "leaked" the rumors that they screen test him just to test the waters and start the convo.
 
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No they could not work...especially today....Annie is different...that only goes to a small demographic...and it's a play for god's sake....Denzel was cast in Brutus in Julius Caesar...Superman and batman are totally different animals

The only icon I can think that is possible to be played by a black person is James Bond....1 because they already did a secret screen test with Idris Elba and they "leaked" the rumors that they screen test him just to test the waters and start the convo.

i'm not saying you're gonna get a big budget blockbuster type movie featuring a black superman or a black batman anytime soon, i'm just sayin that feasibly it could work.

i wouldn't be surprised if one day someone were to attempt it on a smaller scale.
 
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