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These days there’s often more excitement and chatter around casting rumours and announcements than the actual movies that result from them. As soon as a new title is announced, fans are quick to start discussion the ideal actors for the roles, and more often than not the real casting announcements cause a lot of disquiet.
Quite often, unexpected casting decisions work well: no one would have picked former Aussie soap heartthrob Heath Ledger as the perfect Joker, for example, but that’s precisely what he turned out to be. Those offbeat casting choices appear to have increasing currency, so studios seek more and more of them in an effort to look better (it doesn’t always pay off quite so well as Ledger did).
For every surprise decision that works, there are plenty more that fall flat. And then there’s a the shiningthird category: the surprising,...
These days there’s often more excitement and chatter around casting rumours and announcements than the actual movies that result from them. As soon as a new title is announced, fans are quick to start discussion the ideal actors for the roles, and more often than not the real casting announcements cause a lot of disquiet.
Quite often, unexpected casting decisions work well: no one would have picked former Aussie soap heartthrob Heath Ledger as the perfect Joker, for example, but that’s precisely what he turned out to be. Those offbeat casting choices appear to have increasing currency, so studios seek more and more of them in an effort to look better (it doesn’t always pay off quite so well as Ledger did).
For every surprise decision that works, there are plenty more that fall flat. And then there’s a the shiningthird category: the surprising,...
- 3/1/2016
- by David Fox
- Obsessed with Film
Here’s a strange, wtf what might have been of the day, though it does sound somewhat apocryphal. While Tupac Shakur was gunned down in 1996, he apparently was about to audition for 1999’s “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.” In a recent video interview with 2Pac-Forum, Death Row Records’ ex-chief engineer Rick Clifford said the rapper was vying for the part of Mace Windu. ‘He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi. Yes, I’m serious — Samuel L got Tupac’s part,” Clifford said. “It’s sad because ‘Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green, who was on '90210,' then he found out I was in some movies. So we always talked about his film career and stuff,” he added. "He said 'Old Man, keep your fingers crossed, I got three movies coming up.
- 1/8/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
What if Mace Windu, Jedi warrior who was Master of the Order, had been played by the late rapper Tupac Shakur instead of Samuel L. Jackson? That bit of casting trivia has now come to light courtesy of an interview shared by 2Pac-Forum. The fan site was interviewing Death Row Records' former Chief Engineer Rick Clifford, who collaborated with Tupac on records like All Eyez On Me. And when asked to share information about the late rapper his fans might know, Clifford dropped some knowledge about Shakur in the Star Wars universe, saying: 'Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green. who was on 90210, then he found out I was in some movies. So we always talked about his film career and stuff. He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi. Yes, I'm serious...
- 1/8/2014
- cinemablend.com
Tupac Shakur reportedly auditioned for a role in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
The late rapper is thought to have read for George Lucas for the part of Jedi Master Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy of films, but ultimately lost out to Samuel L Jackson.
The revelation has been made by Death Row Records engineer Rick Clifford, who had a conversation with Tupac back in 1996.
"'Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green, who was on 90210, then he found out I [worked on] some movies, so we always talked about his film career and stuff," Clifford told 2Pac-Forum.
"He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi. I'm serious.
"Samuel L got Tupac's part. [Tupac] said [to me], 'Old man, keep your fingers crossed'. He said, 'I've got three movies coming up. One of them,...
The late rapper is thought to have read for George Lucas for the part of Jedi Master Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy of films, but ultimately lost out to Samuel L Jackson.
The revelation has been made by Death Row Records engineer Rick Clifford, who had a conversation with Tupac back in 1996.
"'Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green, who was on 90210, then he found out I [worked on] some movies, so we always talked about his film career and stuff," Clifford told 2Pac-Forum.
"He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi. I'm serious.
"Samuel L got Tupac's part. [Tupac] said [to me], 'Old man, keep your fingers crossed'. He said, 'I've got three movies coming up. One of them,...
- 1/8/2014
- Digital Spy
According to Death Row Records' Rick Clifford, Shakur was in talks with George Lucas for a role in Star Wars: Episode I
Tupac Shakur could have been a Jedi. According to one of Shakur's recording engineers, the late rapper was in talks for a role in Star Wars: Episode I, playing the part later taken by Samuel L Jackson.
In an interview with users at 2Pac-Forum (via Rolling Stone), Rick Clifford, chief engineer at Death Row Records, recalled a conversation with Shakur from the mid-1990s. "We always talked about [Tupac's] film career and stuff," he said. "He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi ... I'm serious. Samuel L got Tupac's part ... He said, 'Old man, keep your fingers crossed.' He said, 'I've got three movies coming up. One of em, I gotta read for George Lucas.
Tupac Shakur could have been a Jedi. According to one of Shakur's recording engineers, the late rapper was in talks for a role in Star Wars: Episode I, playing the part later taken by Samuel L Jackson.
In an interview with users at 2Pac-Forum (via Rolling Stone), Rick Clifford, chief engineer at Death Row Records, recalled a conversation with Shakur from the mid-1990s. "We always talked about [Tupac's] film career and stuff," he said. "He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi ... I'm serious. Samuel L got Tupac's part ... He said, 'Old man, keep your fingers crossed.' He said, 'I've got three movies coming up. One of em, I gotta read for George Lucas.
- 1/8/2014
- by Sean Michaels
- The Guardian - Film News
Sometime before his death, Tupac Shakur reportedly auditioned to play Jedi Master Mace Windu in the 1999 movie Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Rick Clifford, who worked as an engineer at Death Row Records, said in a recent interview for the website 2Pac-Forum that Shakur told him he had gone for a reading with George Lucas but that the part went to Samuel L. Jackson. (Incidentally, Jackson appeared in the 1992 movie Juice alongside the rapper.)
Although the period in which Shakur would have auditioned for Lucas is not clear,...
Although the period in which Shakur would have auditioned for Lucas is not clear,...
- 1/7/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Tupac Shakur ("Poetic Justice "), a controversial rapper and actor was meeting with Star Wars creator George Lucas about the role of Jedi Master Mace Windu. This information comes from Death Row Chief Engineer Rick Clifford, who says he hadn't spoken to Tupac about this before he was tragically gunned down in Las Vegas drive-by shooting in September of 1996. The role would eventually go to Samuel L. Jackson ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier"). The character first appeared in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. (Skip to the :44 second mark to listen to Clifford's comments on that subject.) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: (32 Years Before Episode IV) Stranded on the desert planet Tatooine after rescuing young Queen Amidala from the impending invasion of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master discover nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker, a young slave unusually strong in the Force. Anakin...
- 1/6/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
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