"It's Another Opportunity To Disprove Stereotypes": Aldis Hodge Responds To James Patterson Rejecting A 7-Figure Deal To Keep "Cross" Black

"Here’s an absorbing happening astir the Hollywood Cross stuff," James said. "When I wrote the archetypal Alex Cross book, I didn’t person a batch of money, and Hollywood came calling — knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. They offered 7 figures, and I did not person a batch of money. They said, 'We conscionable privation 1 change; we privation Alex to beryllium a achromatic guy.' And I said, 'Fuck you.'"