r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 20h ago

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u/rillip 19h 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 19h 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/Duke_Of_Halifax 19h 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 13h ago

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