Get Outis a huge success and many believe that the accolades alone were behind Jordan Peele’s decision to step out from in front of the camera and direct fulltime. As it turns out,The Emoji Moviewas one of the bigger deciding factors for his reason to quit acting. Many fans ofKey and Peelewere upset to learn that Peele was going to retire as a thespian, but they still carry hopes that the director will change his mind at some point in the near future.
Jordan Peele’s decision to stop acting has been pretty big news in the entertainment industry, but the call makes sense since he was just nominated for an Academy Award and many other awards for his directorial debutGet Out. While accepting a Director’s Guild Award for first-time directing, Peele revealed that theEmoji Moviewas one of the major reasons for him quitting acting.Jordan Peelehad this to say.
“TheEmoji Movieactually helped me quit acting. I was offered the role ofPoop. This is true. I would not make this up.”
Sir Patrick Stewart ended up in the role of Poop in theEmoji Movie, which at the time of its release had anunprecedented 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Jordan Peele further went into detail about the offer. The director says that his manager came and told him that they wanted him to play Poop, mentioning that he right away said, “that’s f%$#ed up.” However, Peele slept on it and called his manager back to see how much money he was being offered to play the Poop, but it was already too late, as Patrick Stewart had no problem immediately saying yes to the crappy part.
In all fairness, theEmoji Moviehas gone up to a 6 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning that a few people actually enjoyed the movie, which is pretty miraculous. The moviealso led to T.J. Millerleaving HBO’sSilicon Valley, a decision that seems to be working out pretty well for the comic.
While Jordan Peele steps out of the limelight, we’re all waiting to see what he tackles for his second movie.Get Outwas an immediate success critically and the box office, sending Peele to the Academy Awards for his first ever movie. Horror movies are a passion of Peele’s, so it will be interesting to see if he decides to make another horror movie or to see if he tries something completely new. Whatever he decides, the world will be waiting, unlike anything having to do with theEmoji Movie. You can read the rest of Jordan Peele’s decision to quit acting after being offered the Poop role in theEmoji Movieover atCinemablend.
