My very own American Gangster post (Didn’t you know? It’s the new black)
Aside from the hundreds of you who have already seen the highly anticipated “American Gangster” (Nov. 2), audiences still await the major motion picture release this Friday. As it has been somewhat of a trend for half-ass flicks to premiere and upset all in one sitting (Bravo Hollywood!), I relish times when epics like this can evoke emotions (Jay-Z’s American Gangster) and entertain audiences, which in turn may resurrect the box office. In fact, I came across an interesting Entertainment Weekly interview between the two outstanding lead actors of the “American Gangster”, Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
EW: At the Oscars a few years ago, Chris Rock riffed about how there are really
Four movie stars in Hollywood-and he name-checked both of you.
Crowe: [Deadpan] He’s a very intelligent man, Chris. Suerintelligent, sensitive,
good man.
Washington: I’m on this side of the table from all of that. I try to do good work. How I’m perceived, what people think- that’s not what got us where we are. That’s because of what we do. You know, I love James Cagney’s book Cagney by Cagney. He’s like, “I go to work and I go home.”
EW: Do you need to think of your careers in more hardheaded business terms than ever, keeping one eye on how you’re doing at the box office?
Crowe: [To Washington] Do you think that way?
Washington: Well, I’m a businessman. I look at it this way: If somebody asked me for $100 million, I’d want my money back. So I don’t knock the studio. I know they want their money back. First of all, American Gangster is a great opportunity to work with Russell Ridley. But yes, it’s also smart business.
…My man…
Check out the movie’s website
Peace & Love
