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Can You Dig It? Original 'Shaft' Richard Roundtree Calls Reboot Return 'A Comfortable Pair Of Shoes'

Richard Roundtree became the epitome of cool nearly 50 years ago thanks to his role in “Shaft” as private detective John Shaft.
Richard Roundtree as John Shaft Sr. in the action-comedy "Shaft." Roundtree starred in the 1971 original. (Kyle Kaplan/Courtesy of Warner Bros.)

Iconic actor Richard Roundtree is returning to the silver screen in his famous role as “the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about.”

Roundtree became the epitome of cool nearly 50 years ago thanks to his role in “Shaft” as private detective John Shaft, helping spawn the “blaxploitation” film

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