John Leguizamo shared that he turned down a role in Angelina Jolie's Mr. & Mrs. Smith. His reason was he was offered only $2,000 a week.
John then said, "I was like, 'Is it ‘cause I’m Latino? Is that why? Do you know me? You know me?' So I passed on that".
Then he added that turning it down was the biggest mistake of his career.
He continue, "Yeah, I would take it and shut up! I was going to rock that role, I was going to make it so funny, but then the $2,000 a week just offended me, man".
"You know, sometimes when you’re a minority, you feel like everything’s against you or it’s an insult, but sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes you’re so used to responding negatively to things…".
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