Luke Cage
Quentin Tarantino explain , in a young audience , why his potentialLuke Cagemovie never happened . The iconic music director roared back into the cutting edge of filmmaking over the past year with the release ofOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood , which gain 10 Oscar nominating speech and scored win for Best Production Design and Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt . During his press go for his old film , The Hateful Eight , Tarantino revealed that Luke Cage was among the characters heconsidered bringing to the big screen .
wonder Studios brought Luke Cage to a more mainstream audience in recent years with the acclaimed Netflix show , which got canceled overreported originative differencesafter just two seasons . But that exposure could have come in the former ' ninety when Tarantino would have been ride richly off the success ofReservoir DogsandPulp Fiction . TheLuke Cagemovie ultimately did n’t fall out , but Tarantino gave a surprising reason why .
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Tarantino moult more light on his decision not to make amovie base on the originalLuke batting cage : Hero for Hirecomic , and what led to it in an audience with comic Amy Schumer on her podcastAmy Schumer Presents : 3 girl , 1 Keith . It was n’t about dealings with Marvel or complications in the industry . He just let his comic book buddy blab out him out of it after he told them he was deadened - coiffe on drift Laurence Fishburne , whom he regarded as highly as any histrion at the time . “All my friends were like , ‘ No , no , no , humanity , it ’s got to be Wesley Snipes,’“Tarantino said . “And I go , ‘ Well reckon , I care Wesley Snipes , but I intend , Larry Fishburne is practically Marlon Brando . I intend , I think ' Fish ' is the man . ’ "
Tarantino tell his idea for Luke Cage came between completingReservoir Dogsand beginning production onPulp Fiction . To give an idea of how long ago he got talked out of the idea , his admirer favor snipe because of the actor ’s superhero physique and massive star power at the time . The whole argument end up ruining the very opinion of putting Fishburne in the role of Luke Cage in the first spot .
Fishburne was n’t on the dot a nobody at the fourth dimension , either . He had recently appear inBoyz n the Hood , The Color Purple , and Tarantino ’s inspiration for wanting him to be Luke Cage , King of New York . Fishburne also break on to prove himself as an action adept as Morpheus in theMatrixtrilogy . It ’s endlessly fascinating to think about what Tarantino ’s imagination ofLuke Cagewould have been like , especially if it were made in place ofJackie Brown . And it ’s also fair to wonder how Tarantino ’s filmmaking flight would have change had he moved forward with the project alternatively ofabandoning it .
At the same time , it ’s clear at this power point that a TarantinoLuke Cagemovie would have been a distinctly Tarantino experience , and not the same sort of movie seen over the preceding decade - plus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . It would have divided fans like few other comic book movies in history . The same thing would have happened if he end upmaking aHalloweenmovie . But based on both Tarantino and Fishburne ’s body of body of work , aLuke Cagemovie for sure would have been a memorable ride and one of Fishburne ’s most famous roles .
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