

Tatum had also recalled that before the fateful “21 Jump Street” pitch by Hill, the two didn’t really know each other. Who knew that all these years later, putting those little horses on things … this is definitely not my speech.” I left college early to work for a tie manufacturer. While Hill has emerged as a serious director, he had the crowd in stitches when he accepted the award and pretended to have accidentally been given fellow honoree Ralph Lauren‘s speech.īegan Hill on stage, “I was born in the Bronx in 1939 the youngest of four siblings. So I consider myself one of the first people that he’s directed as Jonah Hill the director.”

So I made Jonah promise me that he was going to make me funny, and he promised. I had never done a comedy before, and naturally was terrified … and I guess people laughed at my movies but probably not intentionally. Said Tatum, “I did only have one condition on doing. These days, Hill’s moved on to directing the new indie film, “Mid-90s.” The film wound up making over $200 million worldwide and spawned a sequel. The Hollywood hunk added of Hill, “So he told me about the adaptation of the TV show ’21 Jump Street,’ and was like, ‘Do you want to make it into a movie?’ And I was like, ‘Wow, that is a terrible idea - I’m in!'” Wanna hear it?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m only in terrible movies so - shoot man.’ ” But Tatum said of their 2012 smash “21 Jump Street,” “When called I think his exact words were, ‘So I have a terrible idea for a movie. Magazine’s Innovator Awards as this year’s Film Innovator. Channing Tatum recalled being pitched a “terrible idea” by Jonah Hill that became their hit film franchise “21 Jump Street.”
