- Tupac Shakur, Juice,1991. For his and Gerard Brown’s film school script moving in to real cinemas, first-time director Ernest Dickerson (Spike Lee’s regular cinematographer) saw four hopefuls for Quincy: rappers Criss and Money-B, Donald Faison (chosen for a student), hip-hopper Daryl Mitchell. Or, indeed five when when Shakur, who’d simply gone along for the ride with rapper pal Criss, asked to read. And nailed Bishop when he hurled a chair across the room. He then used his new found juice (’90s slang for respect and poaer) to get Criss a cameo as one of Radames’ homies. (And to think director Richard Donner had wanted to turn all the fury into a comedy. Lethal Weapon 95?).
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