Can a black guy play Billy The Kid?

[Chollo Vista]

Maybe they could get Gary Russell Jr to play the part as the real Billy the Kid stood only 5'3", 125 pounds.

Lolololol this is too funny

[BM dnobagaV]

Will Smith would be perfect for the part. He'd bring some swagger to the role.

Nah. Will Smith is bigger than an average movie like Billy the Kid.

[rudy]

Will Smith would be perfect for the part. He'd bring some swagger to the role.

Wilder is much better

[Slicedbread]

Nah he was a real historical person

[alexguiness]

Maybe Woodie Harrelson could play Martin Luther King and Denzel could play JFK?

[Shadoww702]

Why not?

There was a film called
The Mexican...and it starred Brad Pitt.

Another film called
The Last Samurai...
starring Tom Cruise.

Why not make a film called
The last Ni66@ on earth...
starring Tom Hanks.

[Shadoww702]

[Shadoww702]

[Anthony342]

It’s not wise to change the race of a “historical” figure in a bio movie. Like imagine a white Martin Luther King. Or a bio about Bruce Lee, starring Michael B Jordan as Bruce Lee.

First thing I thought of. If you can make a white historical figure black, then why not make a black one white. But then if you do that, the black groups come out of the woodwork crying "cultural appropriation", with their protest marches and letterheads. So no. If it's a real person, it has to actually look like the real life person.

[Larry the boss]

No!!!!! Henry McCarty was a real person and he was white...makes 0 sense