Woody Harrelson gives Jack Harlow's White Men Can't Jump reboot his blessing
"They're gonna make a better movie than we made," a magnanimous Harrelson declared
It’s been 30 years since the release of White Men Can’t Jump, Ron Shelton’s in-depth dramatic film about our shared collective dream of getting to go on Jeopardy!. (Basketball is also involved, if memory serves.) And since the forward progression of time in Hollywood can only mean one thing, it’s also been just three months since it was announced that the film was getting the reboot treatment, with musician Jack Harlow stepping into the sneakers of Woody Harrelson’s gambling-loving courtside hustler, Billy Hoyle.
Many people have pointed out that this isn’t exactly the best swap of actors Hollywood has ever attempted, in so far as Woody Harrelson is quite a good actor, and Jack Harlow’s accumulated acting credits are as “Jack Harlow” in a bunch of Jack Harlow music videos. But you know who’s not sweating it? Woody Harrelson himself, who gave Harlow and the reboot film a full-throated endorsement in a recent interview.