Ice Cube is clearing the air on a number of ‘Friday After Next’ feedback Katt Williams made throughout his viral interview.
As beforehand reported, Katt appeared reverse of host Shannon Sharpe launched on Jan. 3. In the virtually three-hour-long chat, Williams threw photographs at a number of comedians and celebrities, together with Rickey Smiley.
Katt referred to as out his former ‘Friday After Next’ co-star for saying the Money Mike function was initially presupposed to be his. He additionally alleged that he acquired a sexual assault scene reduce from the movie.
Ice Cube Clarifies Casting Process & Who Contributed To The Script
On Jan. 5, Ice Cube took to social media to make clear Katt Williams’ feedback and Rickey Smiley’s response. He started by acknowledging that everybody has “different perspectives,” on condition that they filmed the film over 20 years in the past.
“I also wanna say, you know, every comedian that I’ve worked it, every comedian I’ve put in a movie; I only put them in a movie because I thought they was funny. I thought they was perfect for the part; I tried to put them in a position to win. That’s what it’s all about.”
After giving a number of comedians their flowers, he dived into Williams’ feedback. Ice Cube acknowledged that Katt stored it 100 “on a few things, most of what he was saying.” Then, he broke down how casting with him works.
“When we bring in a new comedian, we do have them try out for different roles. So, Rickey did give Money Mike a shot, but when we saw him, saw how he moved…we decided that he would be a better Santa Claus, which was, to me, the perfect casting,” Ice stated. “When we saw Katt, when I saw him, I just knew that he was perfect for Money Mike.”
But in the case of whether or not Katt wrote his function, Ice Cube clarified that it had already been written. Katt, nonetheless, “enhanced it.” He stated Money Mike initially had a “small role,” and after they began filming, Katt was giving “magic.” Production stored “expanding his role…because he was on point.”
Ice Says There Was Never A Sexual Assault Scene In ‘Friday After Next’
The second level Ice Cube sought to clear up was Katt Willaims’ allegation that the preliminary script featured the sexual assault of Money Mike.
“It was never, I would never shoot a rape scene in a movie, especially like ‘Friday,’ where you actually see this happening on camera. That ain’t my style. If you check out any of my movies, they not raunchy. We did a movie called Players Club where the subject matter was a little raunchy, but for the most part, even that, we left it to your imagination.”
He added that, at that time within the careers of manufacturing employees, they’d “listen to an extent” to actors. However, they weren’t “going to change the movie for any actor.”
“We do what we feel. And if there was a rape scene, it would’ve been in the movie. It’s no reason not to shoot it, but that’s not my style. I don’t even like that kind of sh*t in movies, on camera. And so, that was, to me, a little discrepancy there.”
Ultimately, Ice Cube revealed Katt got here “prepared every day,” and so they stored the cameras rolling as a result of he was dropping “jewels.”
Watch what else Cube stated beneath.
My feedback on the @KattWilliams @ShannonSharpe interview. pic.twitter.com/HFsJGxusot
— Ice Cube (@icecube) January 5, 2024
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