Ice Cube is responding to comments about comedian, author, and actor Katt Williams’ pay, casting, and alleged rape scene. Friday franchise.
The rapper and producer appeared on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday to address some of Williams’ comments made during a recent interview with former NFL star Shannon Sharpe. Club Shay Shay Podcast. Ice Cube said in the nine-minute video that he has “a lot of love” for Kat, adding that “Kat has represented a lot for me,” but that “some things I want to be clear.”
That includes denying filming the rape scene after Williams told Sharpe that she had requested that it be removed from the film. next Friday. “I would never do a rape scene in a movie, especially Friday, you can actually see this happening on camera. That’s not my style,” Ice Cube said. “The pliers joke was always in the script. We never show that. If you look at my movies, that’s not my style. So it was never an argument.”
In the scene Ice Cube mentioned, Williams’ pimp Money Mike is cornered in a bathroom by Damon, played by Terry Crews. Damon is a man who has recently been released from prison and is intimidating Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) to make rent. During an interview with Sharpe, Williams said, “In the original script, Money Mike was raped in the bathroom,” a part he insisted should have been cut.
“The problem is next Friday “What we’re trying to make is a classic comedy, and this comedy includes rape, and no matter who it happens to or what the circumstances are, it’s never funny,” he said. . Williams added that he told the filmmakers, “If you’ll let me, please allow me to make this movie without a black man being raped. I promise this movie will be twice as funny.” Ta.
The comedian told Sharp that his request was “risky” because it was his first film, but he made the changes “humbly and respectfully” “in front of the studio, the cast, and the powers that be.” He said he had to make the request.
“If you’re talking about anything else, I have no credibility or charm. But what we’re talking about is comedy, where I have all the credibility and all the charm.” “There is,” he continued.
Ice Cube called this a “discrepancy” between how he and Williams remember things. “At that point in everyone’s career, we’re going to have some input, but we weren’t going to change the movie because of that. That’s the case with any actor, right?” he said in the video. “We do what we feel, and if it had been a rape scene, it would have been in the movie. There was no reason not to shoot it. But that’s not my style.”
During the nearly three-hour interview, Williams also addressed critics of his show fees. Friday The franchise called them “ungrateful bastards.”
“What do you mean, an independent black dude filming parts out of his own pocket? Does it mean he didn’t pay you enough?” he said.
Ice Cube added to Williams’ response that most of the budget was Friday The movie got into itself. “Most of them worked for several days. When you make a movie, there are more than 100 people involved in making the movie who need to get paid. Most of them have to get paid every day. “There’s pre-production and post-production. Even after the acting is done, you still have to pay editors and hire people,” he said.
“And my movies are all about quality, so most of the money goes to the screen,” he continued. “We’re not offering low-budget productions that are laughable because they’re so cheap.”
At another point in the nine-minute video, Ice Cube mentioned Williams’ copyright. Friday The threequel made this statement after Williams told Sharpe that he was approached by the rapper and producer to write the fourth installment. Without confirming Williams’ claim that he had been asked to write a new chapter, Ice Cube credited Williams with enhancing the role of Money Mike, which was listed on the page.
“Money Mike was a small role, similar to the role of Santa Claus, but when filming began, [Williams] He gave us so much magic that we continued to expand his role and he was spot on and gave me more to do. ” he explained. “But we shoot based on a script. Once we get what we want from the script, we let the comedians do ad-libs, riffs, wordplay, etc. We give them two or three takes and they I want to be able to express exactly what I feel.”
He also revealed how he cast Williams as the robber Santa Claus. next Friday And Williams plays prostitute Money Mike. In 2022, comedian Ricky Smiley next Friday robber santa claus said Pierre’s Panic Room On the podcast, he was “supposed to be the pimp, and Katt Williams was supposed to be Santa Claus.”
While speaking with Sharpe, Williams addressed Smiley and said, “I can tell you this: we auditioned in Los Angeles. I was audition number 201. 200 black comedians joined me in Money I auditioned for the role of Mike.”
“[Smiley] I told everyone that that should have been my role,” Williams added. “So why bring up that story, considering it’s a true story? 35 people in the cast never brought up that Ricky Smiley was going to play Money Mike.”
According to Ice Cube, “Ricky gave Money Mike a chance, but after seeing his moves and how he auditioned, I decided he would make a better Santa Claus. It was casting.” When I saw the cut and when I saw him, I knew he was perfect for Money Mike. ”