Jack Harlow will prove whether or not White Men Can’t Jump in upcoming remake

Harlow is stepping into some big (and, based on the film’s title, heavy) shoes, but apparently, he had a great audition. Per Deadline, he only had one screen audition, which blew away producers. Wow! A massive superstar with an incredibly loyal fanbase only had one audition? And they cast him? Unprecedented. We kid, obviously, they don’t share stories about a shitty audition in announcements like these. Still, it would’ve been fun if he blew the audition, and they said, “He sucked, but we cast him anyway because he’s already famous.”

And who was particularly impressed by Harlow? None other than Kenya Barris, the film’s co-writer and the modern master of the reboot having put his name on the scripts for The Witches, Coming 2 America, and 2019's Shaft. Does Barris ever sleep?

Perhaps most importantly, Harlow can jump. During the 2022 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Weekend’s Celebrity Game, Harlow was sinking Ruffles® four-pointers from downtown. The man drops balls into baskets like delicious Ruffles® potato chips into so much delicious onion dip. Ruffles®: It’s a swish.