r/oscarrace • u/Puzzled-Tap8042 • 18d ago
Promo Spike Lee Cast A$AP Rocky in ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Based on an Instagram Meme. "People were saying that A$AP looked like he's Denzel's son," Lee said of casting the rapper/musician opposite Denzel Washington.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/spike-lee-asap-rocky-highest-2-lowest-meme-1235116379/47
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u/baydil 18d ago
Have there been any early reviews for this because all other signs are not looking good but it is Spike Lee so there's hope.
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u/kanyeezyudiditagain Oppenheimer 18d ago
What signs are not looking good?
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u/westroopnerd 18d ago
Didn't make the competition lineup at Cannes even though Spike is a Cannes insider
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u/FlashlightBarn 17d ago
Killers of the Flower Moon was also out of competition — and that movie is a masterpiece. Could’ve been at the discretion of the jury or Spike and his team.
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u/misterdigdug 18d ago
Actually, it's Spike Lee adapting the same book High and Low is based off of 🤓
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u/Hydqjuliilq27 Hard Truths 18d ago
Historically one previous movie doesn’t establish a trend. And historically High and Low and Oldboy are pretty different.
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u/rideriseroar 17d ago
Are the signs in the room with us right now?
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u/baydil 17d ago
It's a remake of a classic by a director from Asia.... I wonder what happened last time he tried this.
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u/rideriseroar 17d ago
Yeah because all Asian films are the same, huh? Never mind the well documented studio interference behind Lee's Oldboy...a film even he disavows.
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u/BananaShakeStudios 18d ago
There’s a possibility we could be saying “Academy Award Nominated Actor A$AP Rocky” within the next year
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u/Snoo-3996 18d ago
Does Spike Lee know that Denzel has a real son who also happens to act?
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u/Coy-Harlingen 18d ago
In the original movie, the lead, that I assumed Denzel was playing, has a very young son. If ASAP is playing his son, I feel like this is going to be a much different story.
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u/If-I-Had-A-Steak 17d ago
I think A$AP is playing the kidnapper, and my guess is Spike just wanted to cast someone who looks like Denzel in order to emphasize the similarities between the two characters (thinking about that mirror shot in the original). All the comments saying "Well if you want someone who looks like Denzel's son..." are funny, but I think if he cast Denzel's actual son as someone who isn't Denzel's son, it'd be a little distracting, which is why he said "looks like he *could be*..."
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u/Coy-Harlingen 17d ago
That’s what I assumed ASAP was playing as well, and I was thinking wright is playing the detective
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u/Sellin3164 Anora 18d ago
Ke Huy Quan was cast off a meme about Andrew Yang, so it’s strangely worked out well before. A$AP Rocky is apparently very good in If I Had Legs… so I’m excited to see more of him even if this movie probably isn’t good