Barry Sonnenfeld was the director of MIB and Wild, Wild West. Will supposedly didn't "get" The Matrix. Jada pushed him to take it but he felt more comfortable doing WWW with Sonnenfeld and the rest is history.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus <jazzynupe_...@...> wrote: > > but Rave, i thought the Will turned down Matrix because he was about 2 do > Wild Wild West? at least that is what he said when they interviewed him a > few years ago. he said that when the brothers tried 2 pitch him the role, > he was kind of up in the air about it, so he chose 2 do WWW because of the > director - whom had directed him in MIB - sodeberg (sp) > > Fate. > p.s. on another tip, i would have loved 2 see col. war (my diff'rent world > reference) as han solo. > > --- On Tue, 11/3/09, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > From: Kelwyn <ravena...@...> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Glen Turman original Han Solo? > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 6:59 AM > > > > > > >  > > > > > > Serendipity is everything (like the makers of "The Matrix" > choosing Keanu Reeves over Will Smith) but can you imagine finding out > (thirty years after the fact) that you ALMOST had the signature role in the > most lucrative movie franchise of all time? > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > The movie would have been completely different. I think I would have loved > > > it even more! :) I was really missing people of color in the film, and > > > having one as a main character would have really made me smile as a kid. > > > Maybe in one of those alternate universes there are all of the movies with > > > alternate castings. > > > > > > > > > There's a bunch of jokes that I could make about the Black Han Solo showing > > > Princess Leia his...ahem "chocolate light saber.." but I won't make that > > > joke... Nope... No way... > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Kelwyn <ravenadal@ ..> wrote: > > > > > > > This reminds me of an old thread I started on this list many eons ago > > > about > > > > how weren't any cool white actors under 50 because in the past cool white > > > > actors were just stand ins for cool black guys. Disappointingly, > > > Hollywood > > > > seems to be regressing back to the bad old days. > > > > > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > > > > > http://xaiquaox. notlong.com > > > > > > > > Here's Turman in a 2007 interview. > > > > > > > > Q. Is it true that you were originally cast as Han Solo in Star Wars? > > > > > > > > A. That was in George Lucas' book. Apparently George Lucas had me in mind > > > > for the role, and then thought that there might be too much controversy > > > > between a white Princess Leia and a black Han Solo ââ¬" because those > > > were the > > > > times ââ¬" and he didn't want to get into that. At the time, I had no > > > idea. I > > > > just went to the audition, did it and got out of there. Years later, I > > > read > > > > his book and said, "What?" I'm waiting to run into Harrison Ford and get > > > my > > > > cut of his career. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > > > > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > > > > > > > http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? > > > fmvn=mapYahoo! > > > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > > > Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ > > of_darkness/ > > > >
