Jack Harlow is set to star as one of the main characters in the upcoming White Men Can’t Jump remake. During a recent interview with Yahoo, the three-time Oscar-nominated Woody Harrelson — who played Billy Hoyle in the original 1992 film — gave Harlow his blessing and revealed he thinks the reboot will be better than the original.
“I feel great [about it],” he said during a chat with Kevin Hart for their The Man from Toronto movie. “I think Jack’s probably gonna crush it. They’re gonna make a better movie than we made. I’m looking forward to watching it.”
Rosie Perez — who stars as Gloria Clemente in the original film — recently spoke to NME about the remake and how chemistry was key to their success on screen.
“I hope they get the chemistry back, the same chemistry [Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and I] had,” she said in May. “We’ve remained friends throughout the years – not ‘Hollywood friends,’ but real friends who call each other and say, ‘Let’s hang out.’ The secret was in the casting, it’s the most fun I’ve ever had on a set and it’s undeniable that, 30 years later, that chemistry is still palpable.”
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Earlier in June, Jack Harlow was spotted on the set of White Men Can’t Jump in Venice, California. Despite landing the iconic role, Harlow admitted he never actually saw the movie until the acting opportunity came up.
“Can I be honest,” he said at the Met Gala in May. “I was obviously familiar with it, it’s an iconic title and I’ve seen the movie poster, but I didn’t watch it until I got offered the role. I see why it’s a classic.”
Pharrell and JAY-Z collaborator Calmatic is directing the sports comedy movie, with current NBA star Blake Griffin and former NFL star Ryan Kalil among the executive producers.
There’s no need for a remake
So where is the cancel culture mob ? Where is the outrage that stereotypes against any one race are racist and horrible ? Nowhere to be found. Such a double standard.
whoever thought this was a good idea should be shot. white men can’t jump seriously who in the fuck has seen the original. it might have worked in the nineties because no one would have thought much of it but these days it just comes off as racist homey.
whiteman cant jump? lool imagine if there was a movie called blackmen cant jump. they pull another BLM Riot
Imagine if the movie was called “Black Men Can’t Swim”
Most White men can’t jump factz! Having said that there are some that can fly for real, a few of them have won the slam dunk contest. Is the title of the movie possibly wrong or insensitive? Yet Whites have no problem with being called really intelligent, heady, smart players, whereas Blacks are just called athletic players all the time. You think Jordan, Magic, Pippen, LeBron, Shaq, etc. were not smart players? Yet nobody refers to their intellect just their physical ability, while Bird, Stockton, Nash, etc. it’s all about how smart they are. So White people shut up with your crying, yeah life is not fair trust us Blacks we know firsthand! Slavery ring a bell.
yall need to stop being so soft. its the title watch the movie and shut up.