Jack Black Reveals Why He Turned Down the Role of Syndrome in The Incredibles — and Why It's One of His Biggest Regrets

Jack Black has revealed his regret astatine turning down the relation of Syndrome successful The Incredibles, admitting helium shouldn’t person been truthful hard and conscionable accepted the part.

Speaking connected Capital Breakfast's Christmas time amusement to beforehand his caller movie, Anaconda, Black said helium thought Syndrome was a 1 dimensional quality and asked for a rewrite, which writer and manager Brad Bird declined.

“I was offered — and I bash regret it, saying nary — I was offered Syndrome successful that fantastic movie, The Incredibles,” Black revealed. “One of my favorites of each clip by the way. And I said no, due to the fact that I was like, ‘Er, Brad Bird, ne'er heard of him. This quality that you’re offering maine is simply a villain but he’s benignant of 1 dimensional. I’m funny but I’d similar to spot a rewrite. Will you adhd immoderate dimensions to this character?’ And helium was like, ‘You’re done. Get retired of here.’"

The Jumanji, School of Rock, and Kung Fu Panda prima continued: “And I learnt a invaluable lesson. Because past the movie came retired and it was 1 of the champion movies ever made. I was like, ‘Why was I being truthful difficult?’”

The relation of Syndrome, Mr. Incredible's obsessed instrumentality turned supervillain, went to Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl, Mallrats). Pixar’s The Incredibles came retired successful 2004 and enjoyed captious and commercialized acclaim, making implicit $630 cardinal astatine the planetary container office. The Incredibles did truthful good it spawned a sequel, with The Incredibles 3 confirmed to beryllium successful the works. Anaconda, meanwhile, is present up to $88.4 cardinal astatine the planetary container office.

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