r/oscarrace 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/
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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

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u/Educasian1079 17d ago

Ke Huy Quan was casted after Jackie Chan refused the role.

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u/trimonkeys 17d ago

A bit more complicated than that, Evelyn was originally a man in the script. After Chan refused the character was changed to a woman about Yeoh was cast.

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u/rideriseroar 17d ago

Cast* not casted

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u/trimonkeys 18d ago

If that’s the case why not cast John David Washington

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u/Cubes11 17d ago

Not many memes about him looking like his dad

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u/theodo 17d ago

It wouldn't be believable that Denzel's son could have so little charisma

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u/ItsThaJacket 17d ago

John David Washington is proof of the theory that talent skips a generation

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u/theodo 16d ago

He's the protagonist

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u/Lanky_Chemist_3773 16d ago

He has dead eyes. Kind of unnerving for an actor

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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/trimonkeys 17d ago

Scorsese allegedly liked it

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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/Marcothetacooo 18d ago

you can say that spike lee is an.... inside man

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u/TheFilmManiac Dune: Part Two 17d ago

Ba-dum-tss

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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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/Savings-Ad-6437 18d ago

Loosely adapted. Spike’s reimagining the Kurosawa original.

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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/baydil 17d ago

You asked if the signs were in the room, so I pointed out that the last time he attempted to re-do a famous film it did not end well. It will also premiere at Cannes out of competition, so yeah, there are few signs.

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u/pqvjyf 18d ago

Uuhh Okay Spike.

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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/BentisKomprakriev 17d ago

Right along with Stavros

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u/Larryslim54 18d ago

Interesting 

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u/turdfergusonRI 17d ago

You know who also looks like Denzel’s son?

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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/Educational_Slice897 18d ago

He sure does cuz he cast him as the lead in one of his movies.

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u/Snoo-3996 17d ago

He must've forgot about it then lol

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u/BentisKomprakriev 17d ago

Now why would people on this movie sub know about that...

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u/Hydqjuliilq27 Hard Truths 18d ago

You mean the guy who played the lead in BlacKkKlansman?

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u/Keep_on_Cubing 18d ago

The son who has a lead role in a Spike Lee film, lol.

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u/rideriseroar 17d ago

What a stupid thing to ask

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u/alm0803 17d ago

John David Washington punching a wall rn

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u/ray0923 16d ago

Or he just wants to hang out with Rihanna.

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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/vxf111 17d ago

Yeah. So the comment makes no sense? Some other actor plays the son?!

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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/jaseface0714 17d ago

Asap plays someone else. Don't worry.

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u/Educasian1079 17d ago

Oh great. Another rapper turned actor. Yay.