He joins the FBI, which is sort of anti-Shaft family values, Jackson tells EW.
So when he comes to me for help, its a matter of reshaping him.
Hes mellowed a bit, Jackson says of his aging detective.

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Hes not quite as crazy and cynical.
Maybe a bit more devil-may-care the last time we saw him.
But still an extremely dangerous and funny character.
Hes always that tough but fair, well-dressed cynical guy with the right one-liner, Jackson says.
All of those things work to make somebody cool across the generations.
We dont have a lot of heroes, so the ones we have, we hold on to.
His eternally cool sense of style.
Great clothes, Jackson says with a laugh.
We can dig it.