Tucker was offered $12 million, according to Ice Cube, to reprise his role in a sequel to the 1995 hit comedy and two sequels, 2000’s “Next Friday” and “Next Friday.” Next Friday” in 2002.
Ice Cube, who also produced the films, said Tucker did not return to play Smokey for “religious reasons”.
“We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12 million to do it next Friday but he turned us down for religious reasons. He doesn’t want to disturb or smoke weed on camera anymore. “, Ice Cube tweeted. (One fan asked why Tucker wasn’t in the movie.)
“Back then, I have to tell you, one of the reasons why I didn’t do the second one was because of the weeds,” he explains. “Because I said, man, that movie became a phenomenon. I don’t want people to smoke weed – and I never really told people this because I forgot about it, but that’s it. is one of the reasons why I don’t do it. Because I said, ‘I don’t want to represent everyone who smokes weed.’
He continued, “And that’s one of the reasons why I say ‘nah.’ I don’t want to continue doing that character. That’s probably good for me because it helps me move on to the next stage and the next movies.”
Tucker went on to appear in three films, “Rush Hour,” “The Fifth Element,” and “Silver Linings Playbook.”
