Shaft/Trivia


 * Actor Allusion: Shaft's uncle in The Remake was played by the original John Shaft, Richard Roundtree.
 * Fake Nationality: In the 2000 film, Christian Bale plays his customary Fake American role, and Jeffrey Wright plays a very convincing fake Dominican.
 * Playing Against Type: Richard Roundtree was a male model before he was cast as Shaft.
 * Throw It In: In the 2000 film, when Peoples goes to see Wade and leaves after making his threat. The actor nearly slips on the broken glass and gets caught by his henchman. This wasn't scripted but they left it in as a little joke.