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Jordan Peele: I Don't See Myself Casting White Dude as Lead...

March 27, 2019 Jordan Ruimy

This is not surprising.

“Us” filmmaker Jordan Peele wants to keep putting black faces on the screen in leading roles. "The way I look at it," he explained to THR, "I get to cast black people in my movies. I feel fortunate to be in this position where I can say to Universal, 'I want to make a $20 million horror movie with a black family.' And they say yes." 

"I don’t see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie. Not that I don’t like white dudes," he said, nodding over to his moderator pal Roberts. "But I've seen that movie." The line drew loud applause and shouts of agreement. "It really is one of the best, greatest pieces of this story, is feeling like we are in this time — a renaissance has happened and proved the myths about representation in the industry are false."

I don’t disagree with him. He’s found his voice, his auteur outlook on things, why change the formula? Especially when your first two movies were such successes.

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