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Eminem was originally the first choice to star in Mark Wahlbergs role in the Oscar-nominated movie 'The Fighter,' which was released in 2010.

January 6, 2023 Kirk Ewing, a friend of GTA creators Sam and Dan Houser, said the duo were offered $5 million for the rights to a movie starring Em that would be directed by Top Gun director Tony Scott. However, they turned it down. said: Kirk, weve got Eminem to star, and its a Tony Scott film. $5 million on the nose. Are you interested? Ewing recalled on the BBCs Grandest Game podcast. And I phoned up Sam and I said: Listen to this. They want Eminem in the Grand Theft Auto movie and Tony Scott to direct. And he said: Not interested They realized that the media franchise that they had was bigger than any movie that was going on at the time. Another movie Eminem was in talks with was 2015s Mad Max: Fury Road Tom Hardy went on to play the role of Max Rockatansky after Slim Shady didnt want to film outside of his native Michigan. Hed done 8 Mile, and I found that really interesting. I thought, Hes got that quality, director George Miller told Vulture . Wed done the first Happy Feet with the late Brittany Murphy, and she had done 8 Mile, so I asked her what he was like and would this be something really interesting for him? She had no reservations about saying what a wonderful talent he is. He continued: We did get in touch with him, though thats as far as it went because we were going to shoot it in Australia at that point, and he simply didnt want to leave home. I think he had the impression that if he could do it out of his home state, then hed be up for it. More on Hiphopdx Read more