At the risk of repeating myself (but when has that ever stopped me?) I hate it when singers get lead acting roles. I won’t go too much into that because I’ve posted my frustration about it about a dozen times on The Movie Blog (and I probably will again in the future).
Anyway, I floated by FilmRot as I was reading through some of my favorite sites, and noticed this post on how Samuel Jackson was approached about appearing in the upcoming 50 Cent movie (which I posted about here). Jackson’s response embodies why he is the coolest man in Hollywood (that and the fact that he’s a Jedi).
“Hollywood people tend to think that because one is successful in one aspect of entertainment they can bring them into this particular world and make a success out of them. They ask people like me to be in a film with those people that they are kind of headlining and your name ends up behind them.
“If you do that, it sanctions the fact that these people come into this world and you think they are worthy of you sharing your time on screen with them. I don’t particularly think that. A month or so ago, someone called me about the 50 Cent movie and I’m like, ‘What are you calling me for?’ I don’t even need to read that because that’s not something I want to do.”
“I like listening to 50 Cent and I can groove to his music but I don’t want to groove to him on screen, just yet. Maybe if he does five movies and he shows some talent.
F’ing Eh Samuel! Tell whoever had the bright idea of giving 50 Cent a leading role to cork it their ear. He’s not worthy of sharing a screen with you… and it’s a total joke that someone thought of it in the first place. If 50 Cent (or any other singer with aspirations of being an actor) wants to be a star on the big screen… then fine. Take a few years of acting lessons, hook up with a theatre group, learn the craft… THEN see if you can get in a flick. Until then, leave the art of acting to the actors.
