Everyone can agree that Ice Cube and F. Gary Gray’s Friday is a great movie. Most everyone else can agree that its sequels were not as great for one reason: a dearth of Chris Tucker.
After Friday came out in 1995, Tucker enjoyed a career-high shortly thereafter with roles in the Rush Hour series, The Fifth Element, and some Charlie Sheen movie. But the elusive Tucker was happy enough bantering with Jackie Chan while likely bathing himself in his millions to consider returning to the Friday series where he big break came from.
Ice Cube (not be confused with NYPD’s finest Ice-T), while promoting a special screening of Friday on April 20 (420, natch), tells The Wrap though that may be changing:
“I think all the parties involved, all the people that’s been in the franchise, people from the first one to the third one, want to do another one.”Considering Tucker’s only substantial role in Hollywood aside from the Rush Hours was an excellent supporting part in Silver Linings Playbook, one can hope he will be included in this last hooray to Craig, Deebo, and of course Big
Cube says:
“It’s really up to the movie companies to step up. When they see stuff like this, they’ll realize how much people love this movie. Sometimes you owe it to the fans to do what the fans want. I hope they step up.”So come on New Line/Warner Brothers/Whomever. Keep their heads ringin’.
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