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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Well, no black actor can. You can take all those period pieces and throw them out the window. But as far as the big summer blockbuster name game draw goes, Smith is on the cusp. And if Cruise starts to get in the way of his movies because, as Burger says, we see him instead of the bland character he's playing, he's in trouble (relatively speaking).
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I don't think its just Smith's blackness. I think he's one of those big personalities that fills up the screen. So if the part doesn't fit his bombastic personality, he won't get cast.
Smith is already one of the kings of the Summer blockbusters. Who's bigger, really?
Smith is a far better actor than Cruise IMO. I still say his best part ever was 6 Degrees of Separation. That movie got panned a lot, but he was fucking incredible in it.
