How Baz Luhrmann Recruited Jay-Z For His Take On The Great Gatsby

When Baz Luhrmann mounted a new 21st-century film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” he brought a hip-hop sensibility to it, courtesy of Jay-Z and The Bullitts, who co-executive produced the banging soundtrack.

The Bullitts is the stage name of Jeymes Samuel, who has since gone on to become an accomplished director in his own right, helming one of the best films of 2022, Netflix’s “The Harder They Fall.” Jay-Z co-produced that film under his own real name, Shawn Carter, but he’s had less of a stake in filmmaking than Samuel.

And if you think about the white American face of Robert Redford in the 1974 adaptation of F….The post How Baz Luhrmann Recruited Jay-Z For His Take On The Great Gatsby appeared first on /Film.

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