Why did they cast Danny Glover for Predator 2?

[Jello Biafra]

Arnold didn't want to do a sequel, and Lethal Weapon was a hot franchise at the time, and I'm betting Mel Gibson wasn't available or didn't want to do it, so they went with Danny.

That's what I've always thought anyway.

Arnold was supposed to come back for Predator 2 but they wouldn't meet his price. The original plan was to do a buddy cop type situation with Arnold and Patrick Swayze in the Det. Harrigan role but once Arnold was out that got scrapped.
Then the studio was interested in Steven Seagal but Seagal started wanting to change the character from a LA detective into a CIA doctor who was also a master martial artist so they moved away from him.
Eventually Joel Silver (who was producing the movie) decided that either Gary Busey, Steve Kahan or Danny Glover (veterans from Silver's Lethal Weapon franchise) would be the finalists to be considered for the role and everyone involved decided on Glover.

 

[Art Barr]

I saw them both when I was just a kid 20+ years ago, so take my evaluation with a grain of salt but it got 7 daps.

And I'm not the only one to have said it:

Top 10 Reasons “Predator 2” Is the Best of the “Predator” Franchise

8 Reasons Predator 2 Is the Best in the Series – Laser Time



Predator: 5 Ways Predator 2 Is The Definitive Sequel (& 5 Ways It's Predators)

all bullshyt trash mediocre takes.
which sound like they come from low quality nineties cliche commercial goofies toys and ducks. No way anyone cognitive saw predator one and then later two in the theatre.
then thought they saw a great sequel movie.
predator ii was as all time trash like aliens iii.
plus totally took the entire possible drawing power and franchise staying power away from the original. Plus as a blockbuster drawing ip as well. In an era devoid of possible high quality sequel based ip.

Strongly disagree with you on this one:

Predator 1 is one of the best alpha male movies in Hollywood. Everyone nailed their part. The film portrays Predator as a strong opponent too. The crew takes down the rebel base just easy and yet they look so underpowered against the Predator. The movie stays mysterious for more than a half part, keeps raising the tension just perfect, has a very good pace, has one liners and other jokes timed really well. Keeps a great claustrophobic feeling throughout the movie, the jokes end as the movie progresses them knowing they are being hunted and they can't escape the jungles till they reach the helicopter. It also makes you care about every crew member just like Alien and Aliens films did. Predator 2? We only give a shyt about Glover and the film portrays Predator as some sci-fi alien superthug who kills rival gang members and has cops looking for him to take him down, fukk that

And the battle duel between Arnold and Predator is epic with Arnold battle cry scene being the best scene from the franchise. shyt just got real.

Predator 2 meanwhile is all over the place, it tries to do too many unnecessary things, doesn't develop Predator storyline at all other than the ending where we find out more about the Predators. You're free to like any movie you want, just like any of us. But I've never heard anyone rating Predator 2 higher than the OG film. Can you imagine Alien movie based in the city? Oh wait they had one in AVP2, and that was one of the worst movies ever.

Predator 2 is like watching Alien 4, a cheapened out movie. You can enjoy it, Predator 2 did have some cool scenes, but in overall product it doesn't compare to the original one.

prolific posting



art barr

 

[Art Barr]

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He had some great dramatic roles. Check out The Saint Of Fort Washington and Switchback.

I wanna say switchback. Glover is an all time villain in that one if i remember right. He was a b*stard.


art barr

 

[Max.]

 

[OmegaK2099]

Dude just liked throwing money away it seemed

 

[lamont614]

fukk you mean Danny elevated the movie

This

 

[lamont614]

In Predator 1 the special forces team spent the whole movie getting murked running away and trying to get to da choppa...

In Predator 2 Danny spent half the movie looking for the predator and the other half running down on him when he found him...people don't understand that Danny WAS the predator...the movie is about Danny hunting the predator, not the other way around...The predator NEVER HUNTS DANNY the whole movie cause it knows Danny is a real nikka...it new it from the jump when dude drove a car with no drivers side door into a shoot out...the predator ALWAYS waits until Danny leaves before killing anybody...when he and his partner were in that drug dealers apartment predator waited until dude came back by himself before trying anything...Predator waited until AFTER Danny left to get at King Willie cause it new if it tried anything while Danny was around this movie would have only been 39 minutes long...

Don't even get me started on this...Danny saw the predator rip a man spine out and CHASED IT...Danny saw the predator without it's camo on the roof, all 9 feet 500 pounds and TACKLED IT...Danny was even strong enough for the predator to hold onto his arm...you know how fukking strong you got to be for a 9 foot 500 pound alien to hang from your arm and it not just fukking rip off ? Danny didn't know shyt about that spinning disk, said fukk it and grabbed it and sliced its arm off...be real with yourself if you saw a random alien gun you picking it up? Probably not cause you don't know what the fukk is going to happen to your body if you touch alien shyt...Danny didn't care...the alien fell through the building opposite the building they were on DANNY fukkING CHASED IT...SHIMMIED DOWN A BUILDING AND ACROSS TO ANOTHER BUILDING...

Dude was so thorough that Aliens aint even hunt humans for awhile after Danny...they hunted xenomoprhs...aliens had to choose between hunting humans and hunting things that bleed acid that can burn you to the bone and they said we'd rather hunt the acid monster than a human cause the human might know Danny and we don't want them problems...then when they became contractually obligated to hunt humans again they said ok well we going to do it on our terms we going to seek out specific humans who we know are NOT Danny and put them on a planet, we can't run the risk of going back to earth and accidentally getting into it with Danny again...he accepted our antique gun last time he might not be so gracious next time...

Somewhere there is a giant map that predators look at to decide where they are going to hunt...on that map there is a giant X over LA and under that X it says "do not hunt here". Danny made LA a no fly zone for predators. You aint EVER going to see one in LA. Matter fact when they did come back to earth in AVP2 they kept that shyt to some small midwestern cac town. They kept all that shyt in a 20 mile radius cause they knew if they got anywhere near Route 101 they was going to get the kind of smoke no fan is going to put out.

TALK YA shyt !!!



preach !!!

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I will not have anyone besmirch Danny Glover in this. He basically gave Goldberg his whole who's next line.

 

[315]

Danny saw the predator without it's camo on the roof, all 9 feet 500 pounds and TACKLED IT...Danny was even strong enough for the predator to hold onto his arm...you know how fukking strong you got to be for a 9 foot 500 pound alien to hang from your arm and it not just fukking rip off ?

Black old man strength

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

It is amazing how movies like The Terminator, Predator, Predator 2, T2, and other 80s and 90s action movies didn't have the type of effects we have now but they're much better than flicks we have today.

You forgot Cyborg, Universal Solders and Sidekicks.



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[Mowgli]

To prove how p*ssy the guys in the first movie were.
Predator tried to blow Arnold's bytch ass to the moon for employing them cheap ass traps during mutual combat but had to give Danny props and handed him a priceless relic for running the fade with a predator on a Predator Ship, and beating its ass to death.

 

[Monoblock]

In Predator 1 the special forces team spent the whole movie getting murked running away and trying to get to da choppa...

In Predator 2 Danny spent half the movie looking for the predator and the other half running down on him when he found him...people don't understand that Danny WAS the predator...the movie is about Danny hunting the predator, not the other way around...The predator NEVER HUNTS DANNY the whole movie cause it knows Danny is a real nikka...it new it from the jump when dude drove a car with no drivers side door into a shoot out...the predator ALWAYS waits until Danny leaves before killing anybody...when he and his partner were in that drug dealers apartment predator waited until dude came back by himself before trying anything...Predator waited until AFTER Danny left to get at King Willie cause it new if it tried anything while Danny was around this movie would have only been 39 minutes long...

Don't even get me started on this...Danny saw the predator rip a man spine out and CHASED IT...Danny saw the predator without it's camo on the roof, all 9 feet 500 pounds and TACKLED IT...Danny was even strong enough for the predator to hold onto his arm...you know how fukking strong you got to be for a 9 foot 500 pound alien to hang from your arm and it not just fukking rip off ? Danny didn't know shyt about that spinning disk, said fukk it and grabbed it and sliced its arm off...be real with yourself if you saw a random alien gun you picking it up? Probably not cause you don't know what the fukk is going to happen to your body if you touch alien shyt...Danny didn't care...the alien fell through the building opposite the building they were on DANNY fukkING CHASED IT...SHIMMIED DOWN A BUILDING AND ACROSS TO ANOTHER BUILDING...

Dude was so thorough that Aliens aint even hunt humans for awhile after Danny...they hunted xenomoprhs...aliens had to choose between hunting humans and hunting things that bleed acid that can burn you to the bone and they said we'd rather hunt the acid monster than a human cause the human might know Danny and we don't want them problems...then when they became contractually obligated to hunt humans again they said ok well we going to do it on our terms we going to seek out specific humans who we know are NOT Danny and put them on a planet, we can't run the risk of going back to earth and accidentally getting into it with Danny again...he accepted our antique gun last time he might not be so gracious next time...

Somewhere there is a giant map that predators look at to decide where they are going to hunt...on that map there is a giant X over LA and under that X it says "do not hunt here". Danny made LA a no fly zone for predators. You aint EVER going to see one in LA. Matter fact when they did come back to earth in AVP2 they kept that shyt to some small midwestern cac town. They kept all that shyt in a 20 mile radius cause they knew if they got anywhere near Route 101 they was going to get the kind of smoke no fan is going to put out.

I was ready to argue but....

Predator was shook as hell of Danny. nikka aint have no mud and boy scout booby traps with vines and pointy sticks. Harrigan just had a desert eagle a silk shirt and slacks and .50 cal bullets and a shottie. Had this nikka running for his life minus an arm and not only that, killed him on his own ship with his homeboys looking and even gave him a trophy showing he gained their respect.

He was even smiling at the end and said "I'll be waiting you bytch ass nikkas WESTSIDE"

Meanwhile Arnold was sitting in the chopper with PTSD shook in the corner.

 

[InGodWeTrust]

at @duckbutta

 

[Duke_Droese]

It's funny but arnie and his roided up crew had to fight their predator on his turf, and an environment which gave him advantages. It wasn't clear how long he'd been there acclimatising to the jungle.

Wheras those la streets were Danny's. And he probably dealt with scarier things than the predator, like prostitute trehs.

 

[Monoblock]

It's funny but arnie and his roided up crew had to fight their predator on his turf, and an environment which gave him advantages. It wasn't clear how long he'd been there acclimatising to the jungle.

Wheras those la streets were Danny's. And he probably dealt with scarier things than the predator, like prostitute trehs.

Nah man Dutch and his team were specialists and had experience with all types of jungles across the world.
"This place makes Cambodia look like Kansas"-Blain
They were seasoned and apparently the best according to Dillon but I get what you saying.