Actor and former NFL player Brian J. White ("DOA: Dead or Alive," "Fighting") has revealed that he would love the chance to bring Power Man himself, Luke Cage to life on the big screen..
"I would love to be Luke Cage," he told Moviehole. "I've been saying it over and over again in the press for years! Those are the roles - Green Lantern, Green Hornet, Luke Cage. There's some other graphic novels – some horror ones – that I also like, but I really would love to do Luke Cage."
He continued: "I think I have the skill-set. Like Iron Man, you have to be able to handle drama and comedy; you have to have the physique to be able to take off your shirt; you have to have a certain statue – if you're 5'8 it doesn't really work so well, unless it's a small superhero – and you have to have a certain athletic ability. That's what I'm angling towards. These are $150 million movies, so I'm trying to pay my dues, and do the work, so that I might get a look-in."
It's been over two years since Tyrese Gibson revealed that a script for a Luke Cage feature film was being written and that he and director John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood, Four Brothers) were on standby to begin working on the project. Aside from Gibson saying that he still wants to make the movie, nothing concrete has been heard about it since.