Brett Ratner who has directed countless music videos and a few major motion pictures is no tackling a new gig, direction the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Ratner has directed videos for hip hop heavy hitters Redman, Wu-Tang, P. Diddy, Heavy D. and The Boyz, and 3rd Base. “Money Talks,” “X-Men:The Last Stand,” and “Rush Hour 1, 2, and 3” were all directed by Ratner. Find out how Ratner reacted to the news that he had gotten the gig after the jump.

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“I have some ideas, but we literally just got the job a couple of hours ago so haven’t real had a chance to talk about that.”

AHH