Probation Violation Cost T.I. Role in G.I. JOE: RETALIATION

Probation Violation Cost T.I. Role in G.I. JOE: RETALIATION

Rapper Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., who is better known for his stage name T.I. reveals all the movie roles he missed out on because he was serving time in prison.

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By nailbiter111 - Jan 16, 2012 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: G.I. Joe
Source: blog.chron.com



Just before violating his probation for a 2007 weapons charge the Grammy award-winner was doing quite well. He had his new movie Takers with Paul Walker open up at the box office in first place and a new album, King Uncaged on the way. But a routine traffic stop turned up drug charges, and he was headed back to prison for 11 months.

The rapper usually boasts about his troubles with the law, but this last visit to the slammer cost him some big movie roles. He tells Sister 2 Sister Magazine, "I was supposed to be in the film Tower Heist with Ben Stiller. The Eddie Murphy movie. I was supposed to be in that. And I wasn't able, obviously, to be there. G.I. Joe II (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), they called me for that. World War Z with Brad Pitt. They called me for that. The Joel Silver movie (Bullet to the Head) - I would have been co-starring with Sylvester Stallone. They called me for that too."



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Durango95
Durango95 - 1/16/2012, 10:46 AM
first! and it was wasted on this article.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 1/16/2012, 10:51 AM
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ISleepNow
ISleepNow - 1/16/2012, 10:58 AM
So now they're Rewarding parole violators by rescuing them from public humilliation and career oblivion?? Sounds like it's time to reboot the Department of Corrections as well.
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 1/16/2012, 11:05 AM
wow................ shocker
jj72
jj72 - 1/16/2012, 11:07 AM
Studio dodged a bullet there......lets replace Marlon Wayans with T.I! What a great idea! If the studio was truly serious about GI Joe 2 being less campy, they should have looked at a better actor.
UnscrupalousSmurf
UnscrupalousSmurf - 1/16/2012, 11:11 AM
Thank God for the United States Correctional System for saving us from this guys bad acting. I dont know who deserves to be locked up more, this guy for being such bad actor, or the morons that hired him in the first place. The movie Takers was almost a decent film if it wasn't for him. Yes he single handedly [frick]ed that move up by just being on screen let alone acting in it. Note to all you rappers, stop thinking you guys can act.
RunDTC
RunDTC - 1/16/2012, 11:12 AM
saw Takers.....we didn't miss anything
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/16/2012, 11:13 AM
Hopefully he's learned a lesson and will quit acting like a thug.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/16/2012, 11:15 AM
@Run - You actually watched the whole thing? I was only able to watch about 20 minutes before I turned it off :)
UnscrupalousSmurf
UnscrupalousSmurf - 1/16/2012, 11:18 AM
@Jack^^^^^^lol...this guy needs to keep being a thug and stay away from acting.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/16/2012, 11:20 AM
Smurf - True dat.
JatevinM
JatevinM - 1/16/2012, 11:24 AM
I love how most of you make crappy comments about someones acting when you most definitely couldn't do much better.
Mk616
Mk616 - 1/16/2012, 11:25 AM
HA-HA
Dedpool
Dedpool - 1/16/2012, 11:58 AM
Bet he won't make dumb mistakes anymore. His acting career woulda blown up!! Ah well his loss!
avengingson
avengingson - 1/16/2012, 11:59 AM
How ya like that? Due to his weapons charges, several bullets were dodged.
Luther
Luther - 1/16/2012, 12:05 PM
@JatevinM. That's like telling movie critics, that they can't watch and review a movie..unless their feedback was all positive.

If you can't act..you can't act. It's not like there's any bias on certain grounds. Hell..Channing Tatum can't really act, Brett Favre was horrible in Something About Mary, all of those Hulk Hogan movies from the 80s/90s were pretty bad (acting wise) haha. Because people criticize someone who is clearly out of their element (which some would say as "pretentious", judging by definition alone. But I wouldn't go that far), they'd have to be 3 time Academy Award winning and 6 time Golden Globe nominated in that exact same field to simply just critique it? Ever been to an art museum?
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 1/16/2012, 12:23 PM
T.I. is my favorite rapper. See how I said rapper and not actor, lol. You know he is not that bad as an actor, he had a small role in American Gangster, that was probably his best role.

After he did a year in jail a few years ago he had alot of movies lined up. Then he screwed up and did another year and lost all his roles. You would think he would stop trying to be an actor but hes still all over it. He started and owns his own movie company called Grand Huslte Films. He is not only doing movies, he is also doing shows too.

You know I remember reading somewhere that GI Joe had hired a few comedians (not actors) to be in the second movie.
RunDTC
RunDTC - 1/16/2012, 12:35 PM
@JackBauer: the film itself was decent (glad it was free) but the acting left alot to be desired.

Paul Walker, in ALL his movies, looks like he's lost. like he's not sure if he's in the right place.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/16/2012, 12:43 PM
@Run - I actually like Walker but Hayden Christensen ruined it for me. Terible, terrible "actor".
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 1/16/2012, 12:43 PM
Even though T.I sadly doesn't fit this criteria, there has been a good transitions of rappers turned actors..

Queen Latifah
LL Cool J
Ice Cube
Tupac Shakur
Will Smith
Mark Wahlberg aka Marky Mark
Arguably Drake(good actor not his biggest fan rap wise)
Method Man in minor roles
Codeseven
Codeseven - 1/16/2012, 12:53 PM
This dumbass was actually arrested maybe 10 miles from where I live. Everyone was talking about it. Anyways, does he think that it's cool that he's sitting behind bars instead of making a ton of money and working with people like Brad Pitt and Stallone? This guy is definitely a loser!
Iphro78
Iphro78 - 1/16/2012, 1:32 PM
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darthstern
darthstern - 1/16/2012, 1:43 PM
I bet one of those movie Studios planted drugs in his car so the would not have to pay his dumb ass
RunDTC
RunDTC - 1/16/2012, 1:44 PM
@JackBauer: he was by far the worst part of the Star Wars prequels.
HAQ
HAQ - 1/16/2012, 2:21 PM
That guy is soft and a snitch, so good it didn't work out. Luckily 1 of the world's greatest minds could make it: The RZA.
Yasn7
Yasn7 - 1/16/2012, 2:38 PM
@Iphro78 - Ghandi is Indian not practically a black guy. Ben Kingsley is half English half indian. Cleopatra was not a Black woman she was Egyptian who are more Mediterranean looking people but ya Liv Tyler isn't exactly Egyptian either

An to an earlier comment on Marlon Wayans I really think that if he was given the right role he would do well and show his acting skills. Hes been type-cast now so thats why he always plays the same type of guy. He was great in Requiem for a Dream (great movie is you haven't seen it) and not at all goofy or campy or whatever people want to label him.
luckylu
luckylu - 1/16/2012, 3:01 PM
t.i. being cast in this movie is just as stupid as that video of taylor swift trying to act thug
luckylu
luckylu - 1/16/2012, 3:02 PM
or about as stupid as Iphro78s comment
MrReese
MrReese - 1/16/2012, 3:23 PM
Its Thaaaaa King Biiiiiiiiiiitch!!!!
UnscrupalousSmurf
UnscrupalousSmurf - 1/16/2012, 4:14 PM
@Iphro78.....hate to tell ya brutha.........white people haven't had to lift a finger to "assassinate the character of the black man " for years. Black people have been assassinating their own character and integrity on their own without anyones help. Oh by the way, Ghandi is not black he is Indian and most Indians that I know consider themselves white. Just thought you should know.
13echo
13echo - 1/16/2012, 4:16 PM
When keeping it real goes wrong.....
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 1/16/2012, 4:49 PM
Some of you guys are putting waaaay too much into this
venomous
venomous - 1/16/2012, 4:59 PM
@ Iphro78. i see before posting this comment that your a dumb racist troll but i figure that i cant do all my black friends the injustice of letting that kind of mindless racism fly on this or any website. racism in this country is perpetuated by the people who use their own race as a disability. stand up. be a man. stop using terms that basically put yourself down (you sound like an idiot) and get over yourself and the like 20 people who are still in the clan. i have news for you, comments like the one you just made here today would have mlk spinning in his grave. and on his [frick]in day man. grow up, better yet grow a real set of balls instead of spouting racial garbage from your face. you do your entire race an injustice.
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 1/16/2012, 6:53 PM
@The people calling T.I a snitch: Let me ask y'all something, who did T.I snitch on? and Did you see someone on the news getting arrested for the situation T.I was involved in?

If y'all cant answers those then stop talking sh!t about T.I when you have no evidence for those allegations.
thalidomide
thalidomide - 1/16/2012, 8:09 PM
Does he even know how to act?!?
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 1/17/2012, 12:55 AM
@venomous What exactly did Iphro78 say that you disagree with? Your response consist of unspecified claims, name-calling and some pretentious stuff about MLK. The posters approach is unorthodox, but he makes some valid points.

Anyway, I guess T.I. is a bad idea since G.I. JOE has such a talented cast already. *rolls eyes*
Hellkat1979
Hellkat1979 - 1/17/2012, 1:17 AM
He seems like a nice enough guy. I caught the episode of his show, randomly, where he does this show with Taylor Swift. Yeah why did everyone start bashing this guy immediately? Cause he got busted for drugs? That makes his a bad person? Shut the [frick] up.
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