Steven Spielberg wants Will Smith for OLDBOY remake

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Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Will Smith was amazing as Ali and earned as Oscar nod for The Pursuit of Happyness...but he can't play "world-weary"? He can transform his body to play Cassius Clay but can't play a man imprisoned for 15 years?

Discuss.

Because he has this complex that requires him to never change, yes he worked out, and built a big ego to play Ali, but he just seems like he is the same character in everything. Every movie I've ever seen him in, he has to always get in his digs about his "black ass" every single movie he has to make some comment about his race to let us all know, in case we forgot, so in Oldboy I fear, he will have been held captive because he's black according to him. He has never impressed me enough to believe he can pull this off, there is nothing gritty or vicious or savage about him, he is a rapper and comedian role kind of guy, he isn't exactly Gary Oldman, Denzel Washington or Ben Kingsley who actually transform into unrecognizable roles.