January 23, 2005
I Don't Understand.
Why did Sony cast a Will Smith in a movie about a white British writer? Is this the new color-blind casting I keep hearing about, or just an oversight?
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It's probably for the same reason that we don't profile young, middle eastern looking males at airports - stupidity. When I first saw this I kept asking "This is a joke, right?". Apparently not. I can hardly wait for Jim Belushi to play MLK in a movie about civil rights. Heh.
Posted by: Vulgorilla at January 23, 2005 05:51 AM (Rytu8)
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Will Smith is also about 20 years too young to play Hitch. Unless this is supposed to be young Hitchens.
Posted by: Ratan at January 23, 2005 10:23 AM (pdzQc)
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Maybe they'll have Will Smith play the young Hitchens, and get an older white guy to play the mature Hitchens.
Posted by: k at January 23, 2005 11:13 AM (+7VNs)
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Wanna see the world come to an end...cast a white guy to play a famous black man...sit back and watch the fireworks begin.
And, what's with a woman playing Starbuck...just wrong.
Posted by: Don at January 23, 2005 01:56 PM (FsGoB)
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This is just plain odd. It would never occur to me to do a movie about an eccentric, mildly conservative, ex-trotskite, untidy looking, drunk, famous for bloviating on Hard Ball, although when I put it that way it would. Are we sure Will Smith is still black? Does Will know who Christopher Hitchens is? Maybe they'll cast Jet Li to play Tucker Carlson when they remake the movie Tucker when he was an automotive tycon.
Posted by: Dutch at January 23, 2005 02:24 PM (gb2j8)
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Casting directors. Go fig.
Posted by: Attila Girl at January 23, 2005 04:07 PM (RjyQ5)
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