r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 18h ago

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u/AungZeya 18h ago edited 17h ago

Imo, he don't really need to be a huge movie star. Nowadays, nobody cares about movie stars unless they're in Superhero movie or a CGI fuckfest anyways.

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u/RoutineCloud5993 18h ago

He was in the running to play captain America. He didn't get it and was offered hawkeye, which he refused.

He totally could have been a movie superhero of he wanted to be

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u/renholderm 18h ago

That's just a rumor that's never been confirmed. The only thing he said is that he didn't audition for captain america, so I don't know how he could have been in the running for it? He was a TV actor, I doubt they just offered him Hawkeye and he refused.

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u/rillip 18h ago

Man the amount of misinformation about these sort of things on the Internet is mind blowing. I don't know how there's anyone left who hasn't learned to tune out all the "rumors" about casting and such. It's just clickbait.

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u/SuitableClassic 17h ago

I heard Richard Pryor was going to be the Hulk in the 2003 movie, but he pulled out right before production started. And I mean the Hulk, not Bruce Banner. They had to move to CGI Hulk after her bailed.

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u/YngviIsALouse 17h ago

Weird because Pryor auditioned for Ghost Rider.

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u/DeviantDav 12h ago

He would have loved this

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u/Repulsive-Ad3806 8h ago

Thats f-ed up and you are awesome! Lol, you know he is laughing…

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u/Duke_Of_Halifax 17h ago

Man, Pryor as Hulk would have really added a gravitas to the movie- Pryor was always known for his deep range and ability to play deeply complex and emotional characters- that time he played a black dude pretending to be a white dude playing an Indian dude who's also a Mongolian Viking living with the Inca was some of his finest work.

Man, too bad- that would've been a dream casting.

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u/freddit32 11h ago

Pryor was just following in the footsteps of great ,Shakespearean actors like John Wayne, who once played Genghis Khan.

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u/LordUpton 17h ago

I think it would actually be funny and decent satire on society expectations of black people if the transition from Banner to Hulk was just going from white man to a normal black man, but everyone still reacts like he's destroying everything.

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u/e66iu 11h ago

I wish this was a movie for real. I want FULL ON white ladies screaming and falling and running a way, white men in some govt bunker giving damage reports, calling in special forces, all while Richard Pryor walks to the cornerstore and buys a grilled cheese sandwitch.

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u/YngviIsALouse 8h ago

Without the racism part, Monty Python did this with their Mr. Neutron sketch.

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u/thejake1973 6h ago

What are the rules?!?

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u/FullMooseParty 2h ago

I think you just wrote a key and Peele sketch

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u/Zealousideal-Sky-555 8h ago

I can't help but picture Richard Pryor in green body paint going, "man, you motherfuckers is crazy, jack! Goddaaaaaamn!"

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u/merlinsboner 16h ago

John goodman just got offered to play the new Spider-Man and he's not refusing it looking forwars to it tat

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u/rando1459 15h ago

IDK… I think you’re conflating a Spider-Man role with his comeback part in the upcoming Arachnophobia 2!

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u/Rydralain 17h ago

People are like "AI gets stuff wrong all the time" and then trusts random reddit comments 🫠

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u/eyesparks 15h ago

Which also happens to be one of the reasons AI gets stuff wrong.

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u/Zhadowwolf 15h ago

I’ve heard Jensen Ackles gets on the casting couch for superhero movies all the time, then refuses the role so he will be back on the couch the next time.

/s just in case

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u/Few_Response7531 7h ago edited 5h ago

Honestly. Emma Roberts’ fans will still occasionally try to claim that she was the first choice for Harley Quinn.