According to MTV, Em had the role within his grasps until "The Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman chose to go with Star War's Hayden Christensen.
"We did have conversations with Eminem," Liman tells MTV.
"If I've proven anything to myself, it's that I can tailor a role to an actor. ... [I could] develop the role with [someone like Eminem] and make it extremely specific to them," he said of his thoughts at the time.
"So as long as the person has acting chops, I'm open to talking to almost anybody for almost any role."
In other news…
Those thoughts quickly faded once Liman started to consider Christensen for the role.
"It was one of those things where the studio, with all things being equal, would rather put a bigger name in the movie [and wanted Eminem]. At some point, I just put my foot down and said, 'I love Hayden.' "
'Jumpers' opened nation wide on Thursday, February 14th. You can check out the trailer below.
COMMENTS
Shady is a Microphone murderer.
I dont care if he never does another movie again.
Not a MC alive can touch him lyrically.
THE REAL RAPPER EATER.
cosign. props
i don't know man...i definitely agree that eminem is an amazing mc and one of the best ever, but just last night i was listening to a little bit of him and a little bit of jay and i don't think there is anybody out there that gets a point across with better wordplay than jay
not no mc cant touch him
this aint the same em back in the day... no matter who u are... its always gonna be somebody better eventually
i dont know bout all that... and u know thats not true either
Well Mak--
I understand where you're coming from cause I've had a million debates about this. But eminem is the best ever. Just like you can say jordan is the best ever. Em was dominating when jay, scarface, kanye, nas, 3k all of these greats were still producing CRACK. so even tho a lebron like lupe or a bum ass carmelo like wayne come along, they not better than jordan.
And yes, Eminem is better than any person who has ever rapped. It's called insight and ingenuity. He had it better than any other rapper had which beyond mic skills is what makes the best rapper. These guys are story tellers. Masters of the spoken word, and his cadence, approach etc.. better than anyone to ever do it.
nas could get at em but u right for the most part there isnt a soul that could pound for pound go up wit em head up lyrically
Eminem = the ultimate lyricist
U DAMN RIGHT EMINEM KILLES EVET TRACK HE HAS EVER BEEN ON!! HE MAKES SHIT HOT HE PUTS OUT NOTHING BUT CLASS ALBUMS!! OH FUCK A LIL WAYNE BEST RAPPER ALIVE NOT!!!!LMAOF
i agree wit my nigga makaveli all da way100
Im not gonna say that hes the GOAT and try to start an arguement. Nas is my favorite all day. But there is no way in hell even Nas could get on the mic and tear that bitch down like Shady can.
Nas is ill. He definately has a spectacular rap display.
Shady though is a muthafuckin monster on the mic. If you saw the way this nigga used to eat up rappers in battle contests you couldnt deny it.
Plus hes by far the most talented off the top of the dome. As far as true freestyles go he is a head above the rest, even Jay-z cant touch him on the freestyle tip.
He hasnt lost a step since he started. His verse in G-unit assasins back in 2003 was a verse that had people that didnt even listen to rap sitting back in total amazement.
Im not gonna say he has the illest catalog of albums.
But I will say that hes the top dog when it comes to "GOD DAMN!!!!!! DID HE JUST SAY THAT!!!!!!!!"
Not only is he, but he is BY FAR that.
P.S. Will decapitate ANY MC on the battleground.
1=pac 2=mac dre 3=eminem
down load that mac dre and thizz u beezy
You do state the truth...
cant touch him lyrically...wtf u talkin bout
1:NAS 2:JAY Z 3:BIGGIE 4:PAC 5:EMINEM thats how he list goes.
You may think Eminem is the best until u hear this guy. Eminem is REALLY good and so is (Nas, KRS-1, L.L. Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Tupac, B.I.G., and Jay-z) These people are EXTREMELY good but u HAVE TO take a listen to this guy. i know him personally and honestly...there will never be a rapper with the abilities that he possess when it comes to words. http://www.myspace.com/iamecclesiastes
YEA em is the man jsu hung it up too early like barry sanders..~1~
"Thought I was fucked up with no shoes 'til I met me a nigga with no feet"
Agreed.... Em is sick, and is probably the greatest of all time
THERE I SAID IT!..
thank jumpers he wasnt in this movie!
im wit yall fuc a movie i want tha ALBUM...then a movie,shit...my cd player aint acted right sense shady been out of it LOL yafeelme
but if eminem was in this movie, he would write songs for it n shit.
cosign get hip313
king mathers...
ur not fuckin serious right?
Sarge likes dick up his ass
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKillyoselflMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
that movie wouldve put eminem back on the map for a comeback lol
Em is a comebacc regardless. all tha cat needa do is just show his face and muhfuccah start lighting shyt on fire, killin each otha blazae blah. SCREAM AT ME 1
Yeah, everyone can go back and listen to his first three LP's he is more than likely the best to ever do it.
When I smoke out I hit the tree's harder than sonny bono
OH NO!
Preach....
PUN is the Greatest to ever do it, or WOULD have been, if he stayed alive...
He NEVER had a verse that he didn't DESTROY..
EM is definately top 5 tho...
yer smokin crack.
Pun was ill. But not top 5.
Whoever casted that movie is a dumb muthafucka!!!! Even if Em did a terrible job in the movie he would have drawn at least a million extra people at the box office!!
Thank you for your continued support and for being my number 1 fan.
I dont care that your a sensitive little homo thug from the burbs. On Defsounds you can be anything you wanna be! Now get out there and go get em little precious!!!
uhhh....okay but how does dat relate to what I just said???
Co-sign - CrUnKAiNtDeAd87 - if he did the movie...he def would wrote like 3-4 songs for the soundtrack....BUT....i think the movie MIGHT be alright...but if Eminem was in it...it prolly would suck...real talk...how many movies do you REALLY like that have rappers...besides Belly??
8 Mile?
state prop lmao
juice
how high was funny as fuck gotta be smoked out when watchin it tho
american gangster
Crush Groove: Gethip313 was actually an extra in that movie! He was the kid breakdancin' down by the train tracks. He was wearin a Lavender J.J. Fad sweater vest and a pair of red high heel flip flops..True story!!
ATL
Smoking Aces
atl was weak sauce....... Any of yall niggas seen Killa Season that Camron shit That shit was dumb funny
Get Rich or Die Trying
Crash-Ludacris
Four Brothers -Andre 3000
lol.. slim is bout to start wrestlin lol... dont expect an album anytime soon lol... its jus a rumor tho...
http://www.mediatakeout.com/21704/shocking_rumor_eminem_to_join_the_wwe_world_wrestling_entertainment.html
Boys-n-da hood. American Gangster. Poetic Justice. 8-mile. Paid in full.
All great movies.
Menace 2 Society: n-word please was actually an extra in that movie. He was the nigga that wanted to suck O-dog dick for a rock. Wait, my bad... thats his real life M.O. TRUE STORY!!
16 blocks---mos def
Ha ha ha Props U faggot (gethip)
wtf are you talking about
lol
LMAO, it must be that time of the month.
This nigga mad!
I AM SORRY IF I SOUND PISSED BUT I AM JUST OVER THE FACT THAT JOKESTA AND DEFSOUNDS STILL HAVEN'T SENT ME MY X-MAS GIFT CARD
yea homie im wit you.. " we are the world " ... just fuckin mang sdhiphop shut the fuck up go watch oprah
watch oprah? really, thats how you beef with people? tell them to go watch oprah...or were you just letting me know to watch because you will be on demonstrating how to properly use a douche
bruh wat da fuck u talkin bout
em i good but he never will never be better than rakim.
Eminem's not that bad. He's actually going through some shit now with the copyright infringement on the "cleaning out my closet" Track. People always wanna hate.. ayayay here's a link to teh article
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6388/title.international-fight-continues-over-eminem-song
Ok....soo..maybe there are more then 1...but you have to agree that a movie loses credibility when a rapper signs on..The fact they are only getting the part cause they bring their own fans in...But..like seeing Andre 3000 in all these movies...give me a break...4 brothers wasnt good cause of 3000
Touch, preach, tabernacle!!!! Church, get hip!!! Finally a dude who can respect a real MC. Props for that tag line...The Real Rapper Eater. There is nobody that can set the booth on fire like Marshall. CAssidy might be the closeset,but King Mathers says it all. Can't a dude lay low and not be called a comeback kid. He aint never left, just a true artist, a perfectionist.
CASSIDY IS DEFINETLY NOT DA CLOSEST STOP LYIN 2 URSELF...EM IS UNTOUCHABLE, DA REAL G.O.A.T.
For real. Niggas can deny it all they want but shady aftermath is really runnin this rap shit.
Since the fall of def jam Im glad that theres a sure bet in the sales race thats really got some lyrical power. Its gonna take that type of music to survive through this slump of watered down club/bounce/crunk bullshit ass rap that has a hold on the industry.
Niggas who love real hip-hop should support eminem. He might put out the occasional smack that or shake that shit but when he comes back you niggas know its a wrap. He makes great music.
I love real hip hop. Real southern hip hop that is. the Geto Boys were rapping in the 80's, 3-6, 8 Ball & MJG was rapping in the early 90's.
That's what we know as real hip hop in the south, if you have any knowledge of southern hip hop before 1995, which most of yall don't.
8 Ball & MJG were some of the best storytellers I ever heard. Listen to Comin Out Hard if you dont believe me.
em, jay, rakim, nas, pac, biggie...they are all in the same elite league for real, all have contributed big to hip-hop, and you can make a case for any of them as the best, but em is major, his popularity is almost unmatched world wide and he changed the perception of hip-hop, by breaking through as a white dude with ultra talent and marketability (yah obviously being under dre's wing doesnt hurt) and as he proved longevity, bottom line they all are beasts, all have made their own huge contributions to the industry, but ems just might be the biggest...
HOW DA FUCK YOU PUT WAYNE IN THIZ LIST......LOL WAT A MORON
only movie i wanna see em in is 8 Mile II
STFU BITCH GO DO YOUR HOMEWORK OR DO SOME FUCKING RESEARCH ON EM AND EM BE SPITTING HE BE SAYING WORDS U NEVER HEARD B4 AND MAKE THEM SOUND GOOD
Only a handful of people made such an impact on the game, a couple other guys over at Interscope rings bells. Just sayin if em gets no props...who u givin em 2?
No doubt that Em is one of the greatest to ever do it, but let's remember that he only has 4 real albums under his belt....Jay Z, Nas, Pac and even Lil Wayne got twice that many albums. Does the maturity and growth throughout your career count in the "Greatness Status" anymore or can any nigga put out 3 hot albums and be considered the greatest. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Eminem hasn't proven himself as being a GREAT rapper or even the GREATEST. I just want an idea of the qualifications of bieng called the GREATEST.
being the greatest has nuthin to do with how many albums you put out. yea lil wayne has dropped twenty fucking cds, so what? em has sold 80 million records, wayne hasn't even came close to that. em is a great, even the other greats will tell u that...hell anybody wit any knowledge of hip hop will tell u that.
yeah real talk no one will beef wit dude...besides ja n hes one of the whackest mcs ever.. dre and em are two of the best music combinations of all time..fuckin sick lyrics wit sick beats
he was gonna be a jumper but dude got to fat.... and fat people dont jump as high... lol... j/k tho em the shit
em is defenetly the best or one of the best ever...im hopin 4 a come back soon em...
eminem is good
but i liked him betta back in day when marshall mathers was out
marshal mathers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
em was sick, an still could be...but he needs to stop tryin to rap like some fuck crackhead. that ain't his style. he's sick wit it when he just spits from his head about shit that matters to him an the rest of us. not to just make erryone who listen say...what the fuck? mans heads gone crazy, thats why hes layin low...hes gone fuckin looney, an is tryin to get his shit back together an rap like the king he can be
"imma go for ya mids, heres a body blow to ya ribs while u clutchin ya stomach & bleedin all ova ya bitch, i know where ya live ya girl showed me ya crib, unless she told me a fib then imma have both of ya dead...burnin incense facin a murder sentence under intense investigation for killin infants while i sit n padded rooms doin shrooms, havin visions of dead pregnant women wit brooms jabbed in they wombs, rip ya carpet n rug & tear ur apartment up sticking up arbor drugs & jumpin in garbage trucks im from the shitty slums that look like the city dump give u a kidney punch & mug u to get me lunch."
damn
"they call me boogie nights a stalker that walks akward, a stick figure witta dick bigger than mark wahlberg."
hahaha
figured i would just throw sum of ems wordplay on here...im sure its too complex for those of u that didn't make it to the 9th grade....its okay i will give u the "ignorant version."
ok.....fuck you cracka I sold drugs & killed niggaz/
I got the steel nigga, run up & steal niggaz/
I got this brick fa cheap turned around & tripled my cheese/
im more gangsta that rayful, thats why i got em hateful/
snitch on erbody like frank & then skate fool/
my glock is my friend/
rocks in my timbs/
tie ya up in knots & put a sock in ya chin/
*pause 4 three bars, laugh like lil wayne*
u prolly thought that was tight u simple-minded fuck.
em is the best rapper...his wordplay is sick not to mention his creative story telling abilities combined wit his twisted sense of humor. people on here hate becuz of "the real slim shady" or whatever other corny songs he put out...thats a marketing scheme...u seen him drop that first single to get ur attention, but the man had more to say.....of course he talks about hailey & kim, dumbass thats his life...why get mad at that? you say that then you go listen to jeezy who talks only about selling drugs n every song...at least the man lets you hear about his personal life, when do u ever hear sum personal shit from wayne? he gotta play the mr im gangsta role 24-7...em is down to earth, you can realte to em.
very well put.
urignorant ur a eminem dickrider change that name up pussy jeezy rap about that shit witt alotta otha rappers cuz that was his fukin life...how my gon listen 2 em...nigga made kim talkin bout killin kim n shit n then wat does he do marries the bitch ...divorces the bitch...n marries the bitch...n so on..u no why cuz it publicity u dumb fuck n that y i said i fuxed wit em back in the day when he aint need none of that bs reality shit like on tha shady lp....n ya u even said it ur self dumb ass he jus doin marketable shit now...he shud jus get bak 2 himself