Tech mogul and cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee took to Twitter to discuss Michael Keaton's upcoming starring role in a movie based on his life.
King of the Jungle is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Philip Morris) from a screenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood) and is based on the Wired article “John McAfee's Last Stand” by Joshua Davis.
Keaton replaces Johnny Depp in the lead role, while Seth Rogen plays Wired's Ali Furman, who takes a mundane job interviewing McAfee but finds himself caught up in a world of escalating paranoia, unstable reality and murder.
Keaton was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and is, in my opinion, the best Batman, with Christian Bale being a close second. He'll next be seen in Tim Burton's Dumbo, due for release later this month.
But McAfee is not a fan.
Hollywood? Michael Keaton played me for Johnny Depp in King of the Jungle. I don't know him. I met him twice, at a party. He didn't say five words. “Where's the booze?” Anyway I DM'd him and explained.
I was angry that they picked him because I was a black man with a skin disease. pic.twitter.com/nkiArjJqAH— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) March 22, 2019
John, give him a chance. He's a great actor and I think he'd be perfect for the role. After all, he didn't look much like McDonald's boss Ray Kroc, but he did give a great performance in The Founder.
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