{"id":291470,"date":"2020-04-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1144583"},"modified":"2020-04-26T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T13:00:00","slug":"aint-got-s-t-to-do-check-out-the-cast-of-friday-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/aint-got-s-t-to-do-check-out-the-cast-of-friday-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ain’t Got S–t to Do? Check Out the Cast of Friday Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nicola Goode\/New Line\/Kobal\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ready to be knocked the f–k out<\/em>?!<\/p>\n

It’s been 25 years since Friday<\/em> wafted into theaters, featuring a breakout performance by Chris Tucker<\/strong> and turning Ice Cube <\/a><\/strong>and his serious-guy vibe into the perfect straight man amid an ensemble of outrageous personalities. <\/p>\n

The comedy was a sleeper hit, earning $28 million at the box office and spawning two sequels. But as watchable as the franchise is, nothing was as funny as the original, a premium blend of R-rated humor and cultural satire\u2014some of it admittedly very ’90s, but plenty of it evergreen.<\/p>\n

“For one thing, everybody can be Craig and Smokey,” Ice Cube told Billboard<\/em> in 2015<\/a>, in honor of the movie’s 20th anniversary re-release on, naturally, 4\/20. “You can always kick it with Craig, the homeboy or homegirl, just kick it all day and trip off your neighborhood. That’s what people do every day. It strikes a chord there.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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He continued, “But also, it’s the day the bully gets his ass whooped. Everyone remembers the day the bully gets his ass whopped. Everybody loved that day. It was like ding-dong, the witch is dead. It’s a thing everybody loves and remembers\u2014so everybody can be Friday<\/em>. Everybody’s life can be Friday<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

The film also provided a breath of fresh air for a community that, if portrayed onscreen at all, was often painted in the most dire of ways.<\/p>\n

“It’s really a slice of life that’s fun,” Ice Cube also said, “but it takes things that are pretty tragic in a lot of ways. You got the ice cream man selling dope, the crackhead dude running up and down the street. You got all these crazy things\u2014you take a gun or you fight with your hands\u2014it lets us laugh at them and takes the pressure off a little bit. I think those are some of the reasons people always gonna love that movie.”<\/p>\n

So in honor of the good things like “bye, Felisha” that stick with you, here’s a look at the Friday <\/em>cast then and now:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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But Gray can’t help it if he launched his film career with a cult classic.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t think it was any good,” he shared with Deadline<\/a> years later. “Chris Tucker and Faizon Love watched it, and they didn’t like it. I was so discouraged.”<\/p>\n

But seriously, what did they know?<\/p>\n

“We tested it and it got a 95,” Gray recalled. “People were laughing in the aisles. Laughing so much that they would laugh over other jokes. Then we knew we had something, but I was so green I got pissed that we were only the No. 2 film at the box office opening weekend. Mind you, it was only in 800 theaters. I called the head of marketing, Chris Pula, and I say, ‘Why are we only on 800 theaters’ and ‘What about this poster?’ and ‘This movie could make $100 million.’ And he cursed me out and basically told me to go f–k myself and he hung up. It’s funny now, because it was such a small movie and the LA Times<\/em> reported that it became the most profitable film of 1995. I was so na\u00efve.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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