I heard that Iverson was originally considered for the part of Jesus. Nothing against Ray Allen, but I think Iverson would have lent more credibility to the role due to his background and attitude. He would have come off more naturally than Ray IMO.
Agreed, but the thing is Ray Allen is no Iverson and the reason why it wasn't Iverson who played the part is because he was and always has been a league above Allen, and the bigger the star, the more difficult it gets to schedule a movie with it.
I think it would have been difficult to get any pro scoring more than 20-22ppg to play the part. They are too valuable and therefore too expensive for a movie with a relatively low budget, 25 million $, Washington accepted a significant pay-cut to be in the movie i believe. Comparatively, Jordan's Space Jam cost around 80-100 million $.
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