Jul 17, 2015

Eminem traded out Southpaw for the s--- MMLP2 we got. I'm not saying Eminem could've done as well as Jake Gyllenhal but at least it would've added a little variety to Em's career. Instead, we got a s--- album with a bunch of boring songs that we've heard a million times. This could've been an opportunity to morph into something else... maybe MMLP2 would've been much better after becoming Billy Hope. Who knows but if I were Em i'd be looking at MMLP2 and Southpaw and think to myself why the f--- did I do this piece of s--- album over this movie...

"In October 2010, the duo pitched the idea to Eminem’s manager David Schiff, and, according to Alan, within 24 hours they heard back, with Schiff saying the rapper’s team wanted to do it.



The film would follow boxer Billy Hope, the reigning junior-middleweight-boxing champion, whose life is turned upside down following a horrific event that causes him to lose custody of his daughter and jeopardize his boxing career.

Once Eminem was on board, “Southpaw” was on the fast track. The Riches brought on “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter to write the script. And by December 2010, DreamWorks signed on to make the film. In June 2011, it was reported that Antoine Faqua ("Training Day") would direct.

“We knew Antoine boxes at least five days a week,” said Peter. “So we knew this person would make the boxing look authentic. He went out to Detroit and had a meeting with Eminem, and the feedback we got back from both camps couldn’t have been better,” Peter recalled. “Basically we were moving like a train to a green-lit movie.”

But according to the Riches, four weeks before Eminem was to begin training for the movie they got a phone call that the rapper no longer wanted to do it.



“We were told that he really loved it, but that he feels he’s a musician first and an actor second and he had a lot of inner energy going on for his next album and that’s where his muse was taking him,” said Alan.

Eminem would go on to make "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," which was released in 2013.

“That was the moment of pain,” Peter said after getting word Eminem was out. "That was the low moment.”





Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/southpaw-eminem-jake-gyllenhaal-casting-2015-7#ixzz3gAwoJuoo

 

Jul 17, 2015

Both s--- imo

 

Jul 17, 2015

article is just saying he dropped acting in the southpaw movie to make mmlp2

 

Jul 17, 2015

Stupid comparison


MMLP2 obviously