Independence Day “because he’s Black”.Screenwriter Dean Devlin and director Roland Emmerich recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter for the film’s 25th anniversary, explaining how they fought to cast Smith alongside Jeff Goldblum.“The one character we had in our mind from day one was Jeff Goldblum,” Devlin explained. “As we were working on the script, I would do my Jeff Goldblum imitation.
Then we were basing his father [Judd Hirsch’s Julius] off of my grandfather, who was also named Julius.”Emmerich added: “Ethan Hawke was on our list too, but I thought at that time he was too young.“It was pretty clear it had to be Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.
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