Since July 21, anyone with a Netflix subscription has had access to what could easily become the best sci-fi movie of 2023 by year’s end: They Cloned Tyrone. Not that the road to success was free from potholes, as the twisty and hilarious film hit streaming on the same day as the theatrical juggernaut pairing of Barbie and Oppenheimer, and dropped just as star Jamie Foxx started showing up in public again following his radio silence regarding a medical situation he was hospitalized for prior. Of course, in director and co-writer Juel Taylor’s eyes, the film’s premiere took a distant backseat to the actor’s health and well-being.
Speaking to THR about the critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller and Guillermo Del Toro’s minimal but vital role behind the scenes, Juel Taylor was asked about how his concern for Foxx’s health impacted his excitement about the film finally reaching audiences around the world. In his words:
