Jack Harlow’s ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ debut irks fans: ‘No one wanted this’
the trailer released Thursday, the “First Class” rapper, 25, and actor Sinqua Walls, 38, put their spin on the 1992 film of the same name that starred Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.Similar to the original Ron Shelton-directed film, a white basketball player, portrayed by Harlow, and a black hooper, Walls’ role, are an unlikely pairing that team up in hopes of winning $500,000 in a basketball tournament — realizing along the way that they have “more in common than they imagined possible,” according to the movie’s synopsis. Thursday’s trailer sees Harlow’s Jeremy as a meditating, juice-cleansing athlete that Walls’ Kamal states dresses like “a white girl at Whole Foods.”“Hey, they’re letting yoga instructors in the gym now,” remarked one character when Jeremy, who wears a crewneck that reads “self-care club,” walks into the room.