Quentin Tarantino Talks About The LUKE CAGE Movie He Almost Made

>"There was a time before all this Marvel shit was coming out," Tarantino said. "It was after RESERVOIR DOGS, it was before PULP FICTION, and I had thought about doing Luke Cage. Growing up I was a big comic book collector, and my two favorites were Luke Cage and Shang-Chi. I also liked Werewolf by Night, that was a great one, and Tomb of Dracula was great, but my absolute hero was Luke Cage."

>After stressing that he was the only white guy he knew who collected Luke Cage comics over all other superheroes, Tarantino noted that this would not have replaced PULP FICTION as his second film. Rather it could’ve been his third movie instead of the similarly Blaxploitation-themed JACKIE BROWN. He just couldn’t settle on casting.

>"What actually dissuaded me from doing it... My comic geek friends talked me out of it," Tarantino explained. "Because I had an idea that Laurence Fishburne would’ve been the perfect guy to play Luke Cage. And I’m talking KING OF NEW YORK-era Fishburne. But all my friends were like, ‘No, no, listen, it’s got to be Wesley Snipes.’ And I go, ‘Look, I like Wesley Snipes, but Larry Fishburne is practically Marlon Brando. I think Fish is the man.’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, but he’d have to get in shape in a big way. Snipes is that way already!’ And I go, ‘Fuck that! That’s not that important! Fuck you, you ruined the whole damn thing!’”

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>>"What actually dissuaded me from doing it... My comic geek friends talked me out of it," Tarantino explained. "Because I had an idea that Laurence Fishburne would’ve been the perfect guy to play Luke Cage. And I’m talking KING OF NEW YORK-era Fishburne. But all my friends were like, ‘No, no, listen, it’s got to be Wesley Snipes.’ And I go, ‘Look, I like Wesley Snipes, but Larry Fishburne is practically Marlon Brando. I think Fish is the man.’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, but he’d have to get in shape in a big way. Snipes is that way already!’ And I go, ‘Fuck that! That’s not that important! Fuck you, you ruined the whole damn thing!’”

anybody would've been better than Mike Colter

but good taste with Cage, Shang-Chi and Tomb of Dracula comics

So you didn't get the replies you wanted the last time you posted this?

Werewolf by Night is great too. I’ve probably read the whole run three or four times.

Based. Tarantino gets why 99% of fancasts are absolute brainlet picks.

Laurence Fishburne is a fancast, you dumb faggot.
And like I said last time, he wouldn't have had half the fucking muscle a decent Luke Cage needs.

Snipes would be better as one of the bad guys.

Based comic book brainlets crying about comic book costume accuracy since the early 90s

And still would have been a much better movie than whatever marvel does these days. And Tarantino is not even that good!

>it isn't important that the guy who plays the muscular super human fighting machine be in shape
As usual, Tarantino is a fucking retard.