Jordan Peele says he doesn't see himself ever casting a white male lead: 'I've seen that movie'

• Jordan Peelerecently opened up about his filmmaking processat the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in East Hollywood.
• "I don't see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie. Not that I don't like white dudes," he said, as reported by CBR. "But I've seen that movie."
• He said he feels "fortunate" to be in a position where he can make a high-budget film with an all-black cast, and that he can help prove "the myths about representation in the industry are false."

Jordan Peele recently opened up about his filmmaking processat the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in East Hollywood — and why you're unlikely to ever see his name on a movie poster that features a white actor front and center.

"I don't see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie. Not that I don't like white dudes," he said,as reported by CBR. "But I've seen that movie."

Peele is currently promoting his second directorial effort, "Us," a horror movie starringLupita Nyong'oandWinston Duke.

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“我看着它,我都会把黑人in my movies," he said. "I feel fortunate to be in this position where I can say to Universal, 'I want to make a $20 million horror movie with a black family.' And they say yes."

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Peele is among directors like Ryan Coogler ("Black Panther") and Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight"), who have recently risen to prominence with films that tell stories about the black experience — and, by extension, films thatspotlight audiences' desire for representation in Hollywood.

"Black Panther" rapidly becamethe country's highest-grossing superhero movie ever; "Moonlight" won best picture at the Oscars.

This is not to mention Peele's debut,"Get Out,"an allegory about race and violence in America, which wascritically and commercially revered. It wasthe most profitable film of 2017, grossed more than $250 million worldwide, andwon Peele an Oscarfor best original screenplay.

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"It really is one of the best greatest pieces of this story, feeling like we are in this time [when] a renaissance has happened and proven the myths about representation in the industry are false," Peele said.