Matrix Reloaded Boycott from Tank

[cpals]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: Greyd

Originally posted by: FallenHero
uhhh....tank was not in the second movie...the operators name was link

What? Ok..... I wondered what happened to Tank...interesting.

i thought he had a *SMALL* part (1 line) in Reloaded.

that's when the Council asked for volunteers to find morpheus, and the traitor was bugging to get his ship to volunteer, and tank said shut up and sit down?!

Yeah... wrong person there. Weren't you watching???

Link was the ship operator of the Nebechenzur (sp)...

 

[Marauder-]

Yeah Tank was garbage - he shouldn't have gotten greedy. For such a big budget film - even if he got less than a mill, he would have other movie opportunities open up. And you can't compare Tank's character to one of the Friend's characters - those have been built upon for 10 seasons. Eliminating Tank is definitely a lot less severe than cutting out Jennifer Aniston as Rachel.

 

[wfbberzerker]

was tank the one that acted a little... how do i put this... "festive" in the first matrix?

 

[SendTrash]

I like Link better.. Tank was a bad actor

 

[Pilsnerpete]

Link was the ship operator of the Nebechenzur (sp)...

Correct spelling is: N-e-b-u-c-h-a-d-n-e-z-z-a-r. Nebuchadnezzar

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete

Link was the ship operator of the Nebechenzur (sp)...

Correct spelling is: N-e-b-u-c-h-a-d-n-e-z-z-a-r. Nebuchadnezzar

Ancient king of Babylon

 

[CChaos]

Link or Tank could be played by any actor in the world. Also, they are in scenes with Keanu Reeves so even very bad actors would qualify.

To whoever mentioned he should have taken this role because of the scale of the movie no matter what they offered, it reminds me of the guy who was originally going to play Strider in the LotR. Why oh why would you let anything stop you. Fortunate for us though we got Viggo.

 

[Nemesis77]

I love that table that shows how sequels that changed characters do bad ! How many million has Reloaded grossed so far? 150 million?

 

[isildur]

Originally posted by: CChaos
Link or Tank could be played by any actor in the world. Also, they are in scenes with Keanu Reeves so even very bad actors would qualify.

To whoever mentioned he should have taken this role because of the scale of the movie no matter what they offered, it reminds me of the guy who was originally going to play Strider in the LotR. Why oh why would you let anything stop you. Fortunate for us though we got Viggo.

Stuart Townsend didn't get the role b/c Jackson decided to go with an older actor.

 

[yoda291]

bah, iirc...he was very unprofessional in demeanor on and off the set and wanted to get paid...paid for what? Being disruptive and saying 1 line? ha!

 

[TheNinja]

He's doing a 1 man boycott?!? I bet they're going to miss his $8.75.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

forget salary, go for option points, that's what mark hammil,carrie fisher and Sir Alec Guenis did. when you consider 2 or 3 percent of Star Wars' total take, that's a sh!t load of cash.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
so he didn't get a contract for enough money for the new movie, called up pissed and threatened him, and he was written out of the next 2 movies. I'm sure he got offered many millions to do it but he got greedy. So instead of taking part in the Star Wars of this generation, which almost anyone would do for free... he ends up with nothing. He got what he deserved.

I think this post pretty much sums it up. And even IF he didnt' get paid millions.....you are right about the "Star Wars" part.



KeyserSoze

 

[Electric Amish]

I wish he was in it. I liked him.

...at least I know why now.

amish

 

[BunLengthHotDog]

From what I understand he also demanded his own poster, and that his name be in the same Font / Size are Neo, Morpheus and Trinity.

 

[RobCur]

http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/i2-324.html
yea, that's him lol. He is the funny guy saying 100 percent human, breast feeded.

 

[biffbacon]

too bad, so sad, better luck in B films or wherever you can get a job. got too high on his own supply.

 

[yellowperil]

They could replace him with Tracy Morgan

 

[silent tone]

Too bad, I liked Tank a lot more than Link.

...and for the poster above, Dozer doesn't even compare, I think he has 3 lines in the whole movie.

 

[biffbacon]

Originally posted by: yellowperil
They could replace him with Tracy Morgan

im with ya

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: brunswickite
Yes its true, our good friend Tank, Marcus Chong from the first Matrix is boycottin 'reloaded' becasue he was jilted

http://boycottthematrix.com

Sucks for him. From what it sounds like, neither side behaved very well...but Marcus got greedy and got what he deserved.