Actor Jeffrey Wright refused to have his films censored and hired another actor to dub just one word when a movie studio tried to convince him not to say the N-word. He said he even chose it.
Wright, who has appeared in hit shows such as “Westworld'' and film series such as “The Batman'' and James Bond, will be producing “Ride with the Devil,'' starring actor Tobey Maguire. I remember being involved.
Mr. Wright said. variety He said he refused to censor his lines in one scene in which he played a former slave fighting for his freedom.
“In this scene where he is at the height of his awakening and need to free himself, he says, 'To be that man's friend was to be his companion. And I'll never be like that again.' No one else,'' Wright recalled. “And that's a very empowering word and understanding of this word.”
“The studios at the time were very conflicted about how to market this film. In the end, they decided we didn't need to market it at all,” Wright said. he added. “Then they had me do the airplane version of the conversation.”
Ann airplane version According to How to Geek, the film is intended to be shown on airplanes and is described as an edited version of controversial and disturbing material that viewers may not want to see on a flight. ing. “References to terrorists, plane crashes, etc.” are usually cut, and airlines usually do not show films where such themes are the focus of the plot.
“They said, ' [N-word] Here, I would like to change it to ‘black people’ or some other option,” Wright continued. That's not happening. ”
The 58-year-old then said the film studio decided to cast another actor to do the narration, with the sole purpose of replacing the voice of Wright saying just one word.
“They apparently found another actor to come in and do that one word so that the people on the plane would feel safe in the darkness of ignorance about racial language,” he explained.
According to the movie, Wikipedia pageThe production company was Good Machine and the distribution company was USA Films. Wright did not mention which companies specifically.
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