Fan House's Ariel Helwani happened to bump into Mr. T in a Chicago restaurant this past week. Perhaps because his trademark gold chains were absent from his neck no one was bothering him. But Ariel was eager to know how he felt about Rampage Jackson reprising his role as B.A. Baracus.
I have much love for him," Mr. T said. "I do. It's going to become a pressure thing because people are going to come up to him and say, 'Hey, you're not Mr. T.' They are going to try to get in his head just to meddle with him.
"But very rarely do they do a movie remake with the TV cast. I'm honored."
Ariel goes on to press Mr. T to confirm or deny the rumors that he was being considered for the role in the new feature film.
"It's not even about me anymore because I'm Mr. T. Mr. T was also "Clubber Lang." ... But as far as Rampage is concerned, I like his style, his toughness. He'll bring his own unique personality to that role. Like the guy who plays "Murdock" or the guy who plays "Hannibal," Liam Neeson. I like Liam Neeson. I saw him in Schindler's List, I was like, 'Man, I like this guy.' So, I'm not mad at anybody. Like I told a guy in New York in an interview, When the movie comes out, I'm going to go see it, and I'm going to enjoy it. I'm not one of those who would say, 'Hey, it should have been me.' No, I'm too blessed to be stressed," he said.
"I would have to pity myself if I get mad at anybody."
Perhaps remembering his younger days Mr T went on to draw some parallels between himself and the ormer light heavyweight champion.
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