via KFC
Hip-hop maestro and executive producer RZA has been quoted as stating that he wants R&B singer Chris Brown to portray “Leroy Brown,” aka “Bruce Leroy,” in the upcoming remake of THE LAST DRAGON. He is also hoping to cast fellow R&B star Rihanna.
RZA has already spoken to Brown and the singer has expressed his interest. “I holla’d at Chris and he seemed very interested,” said RZA while speaking to XXL. “I never—I didn’t holla at Rihanna. But I holla’d at Chris one day. You know we came across each other in the studio, and I saw him at one of those award shows, and I said, ‘I really got you at the top of the list to bring this character back’ and he said—that he actually loved the character. He said he loved Bruce Lee and he’s a fan of THE LAST DRAGON. I was like, wow, that’s cool cause there’s four of us that votes on it, but my vote is on him.”
The conversation took place before Brown was arrested and charged with felony assault against alleged victim and girlfriend Rihanna. Yet RZA told XXL that the controversy had not changed his mind.
“I’m still with it. Yea, I think it adds even more of a dynamic so he could do good on the screen. I’m one of those kinds of directors though. I’m one of those kind of people that loves to get dynamic.”
In the original LAST DRAGON, Taimak portrayed a New York martial artist on a mission to discover the final mastery of martial arts known as the glow. Through a journey of music, comedy and martial arts action, he battles evil martial arts master Sho’nuff and rescues a beautiful singer from a corrupt music promoter.
In a recent interview with Kung Fu Cinema, Taimak stated that he will be making an appearance in the remake. Samuel L. Jackson has already agreed to portray Sho’nuff.
The film is being produced by Kerry Gordy, son of Motown founder and original film producer Berry Gordy.
Source: XXL