Henry Golding in talks for G.I. Joe spin-off Snake Eyes
Henry Golding is in talks to play silent ninja Snake Eyes in the ‘G.I. Joe’ spin-off.
The ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star is reportedly being eyed for the lead role in ‘Snake Eyes’, which will tell the muted character’s complex backstory.
The ninja was played by ‘Star Wars’ actor Ray Park for the first two ‘G.I. Joe’ movies.
It’s not known whether Snake Eyes’ nemesis Storm Shadow will make an appearance in the film.
Robert Schwentke is directing and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos is penning the script.
Paramount and Hasbro are also working on an “ensemble” movie of the main cast.
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ writers Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec are in charge of the script.
All that is currently known is that the iconic character Chuckles, a former member of the US Army’s Criminal Investigations Division, will be featured.
After Young in his breakthrough role as Nick 2018’s ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, Golding has gone on to land roles in Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentleman’, rom-com ‘Last Christmas’ and most recently ‘A Simple Favor’.
Meanwhile, the actor previously admitted he doesn’t want to be “defined as the Asian leading man”.
Golding hopes his rise to fame as a result of his role in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ will “inspire” other people to follow their dreams.
He said: “I don’t want to be defined as the Asian leading man. I want to be the leading man. Henry Golding. If it means helping inspire other Asians to be leading men, hell yeah, I’ll take it. You don’t know how proud I am to have that associated with my name. Sadly, we’re so underrepresented that we have to start with these labels to be proud of it, to normalise it. So shit, I’ll be the next Asian leading man.”
And the 32-year-old star is keen to branch out with other movie genres in the future.
He added: “I don’t want to get stuck in romantic comedy. I love these modern dramas, but when I’m in makebelieve, I want to be beyond that of this reality.”
Mike Tyson spends $40,000 a month on marijuana.
The 53-year-old former boxer is known to be a fan of the drug and he’s now revealed just how prolific his usage is with an admission about his spending habit.
Jim Jones appeared on Mike’s podcast, ‘Hotboxin’’ to talk about his own cannabis business, Saucey, and the rapper admitted it had made sense for him to invest in the marijuana industry because he often buys the drug for his own personal use.
In response, Mike asked his co-host Eben Britton: “What do we smoke a month? Is it $40,000 a month? It’s 40, yeah, $40,000 a month.”
Eben added: “We smoke 10 tons of weed at the ranch a month. Ain’t that crazy?”
The ‘Hangover’ star has invested in the industry himself, with plans to grow high-quality strains of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (Cannabidiol) while “implementing cutting-edge technology to advance the research on the health benefits of marijuana”.
Henry Winkler once saved a suicidal teenager.
The 73-year-old actor was filming ‘Happy Days’ when he received a call at the studio from an Illinois state trooper who asked him to intervene in a potentially-tragic situation and managed to talk the aspiring actor back inside from the ledge he’d been balanced on.
He recalled: “I was on the set of ‘Happy Days’... there were two telephones, one is an outside line and one is to the studio, you could call the writers and they’d come down...
“So the phone rings and Mike Tyson’s huge marijuana bill Mike bought a ranch in California City for his business, with half dedicated to agriculture and another section for the Tyson Cultivation School, where cannabis breeders could learn the best growing techniques.
He previously said about his venture: “I thought about how much good I could do by helping people with cannabis. It was a no Henry Winkler saved teenager they say, ‘Henry for you.’
“I walked over to the phone and the man said, ‘Hi I’m Sgt. Joe Brown’ that’s not his name - ‘I’m sorry to bother you. I have a 17-year-old kid on the ledge. And he is threatening it’s a call brainer.”
In February, the retired sportsman hosted the cannabis-themed Kind Music Festival at the ranch, an all-ages “pop-up” that embraces the state’s updated cannabis regulations.
Although the festival allowed patrons to bring the drug into the grounds of the event, they won’t actually be selling any cannabis products themselves. to jump off and he will only talk to you.’
“And I don’t know where I got the nerve to take the phone and start talking to this kid.
“I said, ‘OK, what is your name. OK John, how old are you? You’re 17, you’re on the ledge, why do you want to jump?’ ‘I wanna be an actor.’ ‘OK, you’re 17 and you haven’t made it yet. Let me ask you a question - do you have a record collection?’
“He said yes, I said, ‘OK, before you jump John will you just will them to me? OK, Good. If you get off the ledge, let’s talk about acting. Hand the phone... Alright, you’re inside now?’
A press release ahead of the event read: “[The festival will have] the distinction of being the firstever all-ages music festival that embraces California’s updated cannabis regulations and offering alcoholic consumption to those 21+. However, in accordance with the 2019 laws, there will be no sales of cannabis products at the festival.”
“‘I was 27 when I got the Fonz, John. I think you’ve got 10 good years to keep trying. How ‘bout that? Will you do that? OK. Can I get back to rehearsing? Thank you.’ “
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel exclaimed: “You saved his life!”
The ‘Barry’ star is still stunned he had the “nerve” to take control of the situation.
He added: “I have not thought about that story in a while. I don’t know where I got the nerve to talk to him and I just thought, ‘I’m gonna maybe take him in another direction.”
He then quipped: “And I never got the records.”