Jordan Peele made waves for casting Black actors as the leads in his first two films, Get Out and Us . But if you thought he was going to let up, he’s here to tell you he won’t. The Hollywood Reporter captured Peele’s statement when he talked with a rapt audience as part of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater conversation series. “The way I look at it, I get to cast Black people in my movies,” he said. “I feel fortunate to be in this position where I can say to Universal, ‘I want to make a $20 million horror movie with a Black family.’ And they say yes.” “I don’t see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie.
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