Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, has been tapped to star in the upcoming Jackie Brown prequel Switch alongside actor John Hawkes.
According to Variety, the rapper-turned-actor will star as the younger version of Ordell Robbie, originally played by Samuel L. Jackson. Hawkes, who has appeared in American Gangster and Contagion, will play Louis Gara, who was depicted by Robert De Niro.
The flick, written and directed by Dan Schecter, follows “Ordell and Louis as they team up to kidnap Mickey Dawson, the wife of a corrupt Detroit real estate developer. When the husband refuses to pay the ransom for his wife’s return, the ex-cons are forced to reconceive their plan, and the angry housewife uses the duo to get her revenge.” Production begins in May.
Mos Def has most recently appeared on Showtime’s Dexter, as well as the films Next Day Air, Cadillac Records and Be Kind Rewind.
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no tarentino equals no hope
oh shit i read jackie brown and just assumed tarentino would be a part of it
no quentin tarantino? pass
mos def sucks ass at acting. goofy nerds act like hes good at it. please. he sucks. he quit rap to take bad roles in bad movies. mush mouth meth head, mumbling drunk nigga. duke fell off harder than humpty dumpty, crackhead wifing strippers and shit. loser. fuck mos def.
damn son you went in lmao
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LOL. damn, i like mos, but some of wjhat u said is true.
LOL! Damn, no wonder he didn’t listen to your mixtape!
bro umm Def actually started out as an actor when he was 14.. just saying
STV.
This movie will go straight to dvd and blu-ray and then will be forgotten.
I take that back this movie will be on dvd only and then forgotten. not blu-ray worthy
Can ya’ll give the powerball #’s for this week since ya’ll know everything?
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Jackie Brown are you guys sure sounds more like that Danny Devito movie Ruthless People
Mos Def isn’t a rapper turned actor. he was an actor before releasing an album.