He had a Muhammad Ali-kind of self-confidence, ... There's something in that culture, that if you're very confident, very expressive, you must be close to death. Because for hundreds of years, you weren't allowed to be like that. So when you repress people, and they can't express their natural soul and you keep them back and push them down, down, down -- you're going to get the diamonds that come up. And 50's one of them. He's like Muhammad Ali.
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For instance, in the original script, 50 Cent's character, Marcus, kills four rival drug dealers on a corner. I was asking the studio, 'Is this true' They said they don't know. 50 said no, ... So I said, one, if he did kill somebody, why advertise it, and two, if he didn't, why glorify it So I took it in a different direction.Jim Sheridan
At the end of the movie people will wonder Is this the real 50 Cent Has he changed Is he acting a part All three are true,
Jim Sheridan
I had that feeling the minute I met him that I could do a movie about somebody coming back from the dead, ... One of the times when I was getting a little hyperbolic and melodramatic, I wrote down, 'A black-gangster Jesus with the wounds to prove it.'
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The first few days, I worked about seven hours on each scene with him. He just kept wanting to do it better. He never went to self-pity or said, 'What do you want from me' even though it was difficult. I knew he had resilience and self-confidence. He worked very hard, never complained, never was in a bad humor.
Jim Sheridan
The kids were going insane, 50. I thought someone was going to get injured.
Jim Sheridan
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