Owen Wilson has reportedly declined a suggestion to star in The Juice, a movie that portrays O.J. Simpson as harmless within the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
The refusal got here regardless of a considerable $12 million supply for the lead function. In accordance with director Joshua Newton, the film is a “satirical thriller” centering on lawyer Douglas McCann, who represented Simpson in a civil case in 2000.
Newton defined to The Hollywood Reporter that he had a gathering with Wilson to debate the function, which has since been stuffed by one other actor.
“Owen Wilson was good for the function,” Newton stated. “We met in Santa Monica, and all people liked the script. His agent wished him to do it. We provided him $12 million.”
Nonetheless, Wilson had robust reservations concerning the movie’s premise. On the finish of the assembly, Wilson reportedly stood up and stated, “If you happen to assume I will take the lead function in a film about how O.J. did not do it, you have to be kidding me.”
Regardless of the profitable supply, Wilson’s response mirrored his reluctance to be concerned in a mission that portrayed Simpson as harmless within the extremely publicized homicide case.
Regardless of his acquittal within the legal case, a 1997 civil court docket jury discovered Simpson accountable for “willfully and wrongfully” inflicting the deaths of Brown and Goldman, ordering him to pay $33.5 million in damages to their households.
