The Wachowskis have assembled a pretty impressive cast for SPEED RACER and have added another member to their crew – none other than Shaft himself, Richard Roundtree. The actor will join the film playing Ben Burns, a former racer now making his mark as a color commentator on the races. So think of him like Joe Theismann only not a complete putz. As I’m sure you’ve already heard, the film stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman in the role of Chim-Chim Pops. The Wachowskis are currently filming in Berlin but they could really be filming anywhere seeing as how they’re doing all this on green screens. Those wacky Wachowskis…
Speed meets Shaft!
Source:
Hollywood Reporter
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