Movie making isn't reality. They are shooting for stars that will have a big draw. If it wasn't Russell Crowe it would have been Depp, or some other white guy. Two black people in the roles would equal a "BLACK MOVIE." Having one of each equals a cross over.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Worf, case in point (although i know you weren't arguing against prejudice > in H'Wood). With all the people out there who could be cast opposite > Knowles, they skip all the potential black men to pair her up with a white > dude? I'm already reading some stuff hailing the "bold" move of the > interracial relationship. Got nothing against that, but again, in a world > where black-on-black love doesn't get much play on the big screen... > > Yes indeed, we must make our own stuff... > > ********************************************************** > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/feb/09/russell-crowe-beyonce-star-is-born > > In what may strike cynics as a case of life imitating art, Russell > Crowe<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/russellcrowe>looks set to take a leading > role in A Star Is Born, a remake of the classic > Hollywood melodrama about a fading, drunken superstar who finds himself > eclipsed by a younger model. The former Gladiator star is reportedly in > talks to appear alongside Beyoncé<http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/beyonce>in > the Warner Bros production. > > The original 1937 version starred Fredric March and Janet Gaynor as an > aging Hollywood actor and the bright young ingenue he takes under his wing. > The film was remade in 1954 with James Mason and Judy Garland. The hugely > successful 1976 version cast Barbra Streisand alongside Kris Kristoffersson > and re-routed the story from the film industry to the music business. Elvis > Presley was initially approached to take the Kristoffersson role but > reportedly bailed out after he was refused top billing. > > The latest overhaul apparently casts Crowe as a down-on-his-luck musician > who embarks on an affair with a rising young singer. Nick Cassavetes is > pencilled in to direct, while the supporting cast will be fleshed out by the > likes of Mad Men mainstay John Hamm and singers Alicia Keys and Rihanna. > > Crowe, now 45, won a best actor Oscar for his role in Gladiator. His recent > films include Cinderella Man, American Gangster, Body of Lies and State of > Play. He will next be seen as the hero in Ridley Scott's revisionist take on > Robin > Hood<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/23/robin-hood-russell-crowe-trailer-review> > . > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
