Jordan Peele Says He’s Not Going To Use White Males As His Leads: “I’ve Seen That Movie”
Tyler Perry's been doing "black leads" for 13 years. They all make money, and the audience is mostly black. I bet Peele's is mostly white liberals.
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Speaking at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (via THR), Peele talked about “Us,” as well as what the success he’s found has afforded him. Basically, he has already made waves doing his own thing, so that’s exactly what he’s going to keep on doing.
“The way I look at it, I get to cast black people in my movies,” the director said. “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.”
But don’t go expecting Peele to go off to make the next major blockbuster film with a studio-approved white male lead. No, the filmmaker has other ideas in mind.
“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. “But I’ve seen that movie.”
He continued, “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.”