Musicrooms.net: Eminem Nearly Landed Lead Role In Jumper

Eminem Nearly Landed Lead Role In Jumper
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MusicRooms on 18 February, 2008
 
The director explained that he had meetings with Eminem and that the film’s
studio, 20th Century Fox, wanted to offer him the lead role ahead of
Christensen.
Speaking to MTVNews.com, Liman said: “It was one of those things where the
studio, with all things being equal, would rather put a bigger name [Eminem] in
the movie. At some point, I just put my foot down and said, 'I love
Hayden’.”