{"id":387631,"date":"2021-12-30T17:17:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ice-cube-reveals-surprising-reason-chris-tucker-turned-down-millions-for-friday-sequel\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:17:29","slug":"ice-cube-reveals-surprising-reason-chris-tucker-turned-down-millions-for-friday-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ice-cube-reveals-surprising-reason-chris-tucker-turned-down-millions-for-friday-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ice Cube Reveals Surprising Reason Chris Tucker Turned Down MILLIONS For Friday Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ice Cube Reveals Surprising Reason Chris Tucker Turned Down MILLIONS For Friday Sequel<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<strong>Ice Cube<\/strong> is finally opening up about why <strong>Chris Tucker<\/strong> quit the <em>Friday<\/em> franchise after the first film \u2014 and is insisting that money had nothing to do with it!<\/p>\n<p>The revelation came after <strong>Faizon Love<\/strong>, who played Big Worm in the cult classic stoner buddy comedy, said in an interview that he turned down a role in the sequel after only making $2,500 from the original. After Faizon\u2019s claims made some fans accuse Cube of \u201crobbing\u201d other Black artists, the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er took to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong> to set the record straight, telling fans:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI didn\u2019t rob no f**kin body. The 1995 Friday movie cost $2.3m to make. Shot it in 20 days. Fazion worked 1 day, maybe 2. All the actors got paid scale to do the movie. They could\u2019ve [simply] said \u201cNo\u201d but they didn\u2019t. So miss me with that shit\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"highlight\">Receipts!<\/p>\n<p>But the former <strong>N.W.A.<\/strong> member didn\u2019t stop there. As fans continued to reminisce about the rumored <em>Friday<\/em> drama that\u2019s been circulating over the years since its 1995 release, the star decided to put one big rumor to rest: that Tucker exited the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> over money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Kim Kardashian Fans FURIOUS After She Filmed <i>Spider-Man No Way Home<\/i> Ending &amp; Posted It On Instagram!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The actor explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do <i>Next Friday<\/i> but he turned us down for religious reasons. He didn\u2019t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do Next Friday but he turned us down for religious reasons. He didn\u2019t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera anymore. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pfo1FHWzp\">https:\/\/t.co\/1pfo1FHWzp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ice Cube (@icecube) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/icecube\/status\/1476202210501357575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ah, so it was about a different kind of green! LOLz<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, Tucker opened up about his decision to bow out from the sequels just last month, explaining in an interview with <em>All Urban Central<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBack then, I gotta tell you, one of the reasons why I didn\u2019t do the second one was because of the weed. Because I said, man, that movie became a phenomenon. I don\u2019t want everybody smoking weed \u2014 and I never really told people this because I kind of forgot about it, but it was one of the reasons why I didn\u2019t do it. Because I said, \u2018I don\u2019t wanna represent everybody smoking weed.\u2019 And that\u2019s one of the reasons why I said \u2018nah.\u2019 I didn\u2019t wanna keep doing that character. It probably was good for me because it kept me moving to the next phase and next movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But times have changed, and the comedian said he\u2019d \u201cdefinitely consider\u201d coming back for a long-rumored fourth <em>Friday<\/em> movie. He shared:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI always said \u2014 because I know my fans love the movies so much [and] they always bring it up \u2014 I said, well, if they come to me with a great script and a great idea, I\u2019d definitely consider it. But it\u2019s been so long ago and that character became such a great character. I don\u2019t wanna mess it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via snoop27uk\/<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fZvxODObvxI\">YouTube<\/a>\/Avalon\/Nicky Nelson\/<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/photo.wenn.com\/search?search_type=simple&amp;search_regular=%22ice+cube%22&amp;type=library\">WENN<\/a>]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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