Ice Cube is regarded as one of the best rappers-turned-actors of all-time. In the film industry, he’s known most for his classic “Friday” movies.
Ice Cube went on to put out “Friday” in 1995 and “Next Friday” in 2000. Some of the notable actors/actresses in these projects included Nia Long, Chris Tucker, Faizon Love, and the late John Witherspoon and Tommy Lister Jr.
Faizon Love Says He Was Only Paid $2,500 For His Role In ‘Friday’
In a new interview with Comedy Jam, Faizon Love revealed that he was only paid $2,500, for his role as “Big Worm.” He appeared in “Friday.” His role was a local drug dealer, who frequently checked on Smokey (played by Chris Tucker) to get money that was owed to him.
“See, it wasn’t really about the money then,” said Love. “I got to say I’m working, pay my rent, I ain’t out in the street doing no bulls—t. “It wasn’t iconic when we did it. They wanted to give me double-scale. The scale was $2,500, right. So that was $5,000.”
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Ice Cube Responds To Critics After Faizon Love Interview
After this latest Faizon Love interview was released, many critics on social media immediately started to accuse Ice Cube of robbing Love of what he should’ve been paid, for his role in Friday.
Cube has now taken to Twitter today, to address the backlash. He explained that Love only worked 1-2 days on set of the film. Love also didn’t deny the $2,500 that was offered.
“I didn’t rob no f*ckin 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’ve simple said “No” but they didn’t. So miss me with that s*it…
I didn’t rob no fuckin 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’ve simple said “No” but they didn’t. So miss me with that shit… https://t.co/2K1dUFZ489
— Ice Cube (@icecube) December 29, 2021
Ice Cube Also Speaks On Wanting To Bring Chris Tucker Back
Chris Tucker’s Smokey role was one of the most popular characters in the Friday film. In Ice Cube’s latest tweets, he revealed that Tucker was going to be offered $10-12 million to be casted in 2000’s Next Friday.
For Tucker though, he supposedly turned it down, due to his new religious beliefs. That came after a fan asked Ice Cube if Tucker quit on wanting to do anymore Friday movies, over not being paid enough.
We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do Next Friday but he turned us down for religious reasons. He didn’t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera anymore. https://t.co/1pfo1FHWzp
— Ice Cube (@icecube) December 29, 2021
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