The words 'Wolverine' and 'hip hop artist' should never be used in the same sentence imo
How the hell did he get hired, there are actual good black actors that FOX can hire, he probably agreed to make the soundtrack for free, lol?
His part must be microscopic...nothing that might compromise the movie.
This is the first bad casting.
Actors belong in movies. Not rappers or musicians for that matter.
I liked Black Eyed Peas back in the day...but Will.i.am in a Wolverine movie? doesnt sound good..hopefully its not too big a part.
I hear a lot of ignorant baseless prejudice against hip hop. As though hip hop personalities don't become good actors:
Will Smith - awesome actor
Queen Latifah - Awesome actress
Mos Def - awesome actor
Common - great character actor
Ice Cube - Great comedy actor
LL Cool J - great character actor
This is in ADDITION to the dozens of hip hoppers who have turned in good watchable character roles (y'know, the kind that NEVER ruin movies): Coolio, Janet Jackson, Eminem, Ice T, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Eve, Alicia Keys, Tupac Shakur, Method Man, Red Man, etc... and that's in ADDITION to hip hoppers of little to no redeeming quality, presence or charisma who have happily turned in the cameos that some claim are the only acceptable way to go: Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, Sean Combs, Busta Rhymes, etc.
Should I even go into other music styles Mandy Moore in Saved, or Bruce Willis' R&B Career? (Yes, seriously) Maybe everyone else can just accept it, but the world I live in doesn't allow much room for "Oh, he's in hip hop? He must suck at acting!"
Will.i.am has a great deal of charisma, and he does have some acting experience. The only reason to instantly conclude that he is a bad choice as many WTFers have, is baseless, ignorant prejudice against hip hop, that has nothing to do with rational thought, logic or reality. Wake up and smell the remix, kids. Hip Hop artists have been good actors for years and years.
I could see if it were someone with no talent or presence, like a 50 Cent, or a Snoop Dogg... but Will? Watching the way he perform on stage, I think he can do it. He's nearly as charismatic as Hollywood's current favorite Will.
This particular quote has a special concentrated level of ignorance, so I need to highlight it:
They could have picked any number of black actors for this role yet they as usual pick a stupid rap/hip hop performer.
Yeah... that's why Sam Jackson, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Forrest Whitaker, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colombus Short and Cuba Gooding Jr are unheard of. Eddie Murphy. Jamie Foxx. Taye Diggs. Chris Rock. Chris Tucker. Omar Epps. Tyler Perry and his crew. They're always hiring performers from that stupid genre that I don't like.
Where are you from... like... what planet?
You did actually note that these people are performs, and many of them are living out professionally constructed hip-hop personalities and images. They have much more acting and improv experience than they are often given credit for.
He obviously auditioned for the part and impressed the big guys. I doubt they just went "Hey! Lets use this guy!".
Thank you. That's a rational, logical observation. Even though I don't think it takes much to impress Fox, as long as they see some contrived path to dollar signs, at least there's a rational logical observation here. Thank you.