Jack Black, known for hits like ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda,’ was candid in revealing the film he wishes he hadn’t made.
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Jack Black, musician, comedian, and one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors, has starred in numerous cinema successes such as ‘Jumanji,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda,’ and ‘School of Rock,’ but he was sincere in revealing a movie he truly regrets making.
Black is referring to ‘Shallow Hal,’ a 2001 romantic comedy in which he starred alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Jason Alexander. In the story, Black plays Hal Larson, a superficial man who only wants to date attractive women.
However, everything changes when he is hypnotized and starts seeing only the inner beauty of women. He then meets and falls in love with Rosemary “Rosie” Shanahan (Paltrow). In the years following the release of ‘Shallow Hal,’ both the actor and actress faced significant criticism for the film’s blatant fatphobia.
Today, it’s hard to imagine a film like this being even remotely accepted by the public, and Black agrees. Years later, in 2006, he admitted feeling “like a sellout” for starring in ‘Shallow Hal’; “I’m not proud of it and I got a lot of money for it, so looking back, it feels like a betrayal.”
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