{"id":66509,"date":"2024-01-04T23:14:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/katt-williams-fought-for-friday-after-next-rape-scene-to-be-cut\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T23:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:14:04","slug":"katt-williams-fought-for-friday-after-next-rape-scene-to-be-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/katt-williams-fought-for-friday-after-next-rape-scene-to-be-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Katt Williams Fought for \u2018Friday After Next\u2019 Rape Scene to Be Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Comedian Katt Williams<\/strong> asked for a rape scene to be cut from his acting debut in 2002\u2019s Friday After Next<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRape is never funny,\u201d Williams, 52, explained on a Wednesday, January 3, episode of the \u201cClub Shay Shay<\/a>\u201d podcast hosted by former NFL player Shannon Sharp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Playing pimp Money Mike in the film, which was written by Williams\u2019 costar rapper Ice Cube<\/strong>, Williams said that the original version of the script had a harrowing scene involving his character. \u201cMoney Mike, in the original script, got raped in the bathroom,\u201d he told Sharp. \u201cThe problem with Friday After Next<\/em> is we\u2019re trying to make a classic comedy, and this comedy involves a rape, and rape is never funny no matter who it happens to or what the circumstances are.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, Williams was relatively new in Hollywood and didn\u2019t have a lot of power, but he fought to get rid of the scene by talking to the filmmakers. \u201cKatt Williams had to take the risk in front of the studios and the cast and the powers that be, in his very first movie, and say, \u2018Respectfully, humbly, guys,\u2019\u201d Williams continued. \u201cIf we\u2019re talking about anything else, I have no credibility and I have no pull, but we\u2019re talking about comedy, where I have all the credibility and all the pull.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the time, Williams\u2019s knack for comedy wasn\u2019t known but he was ready to defend his stance. He explained to Sharp what he told the filmmakers at the time,\u201cIf you would allow me, allow us to do this movie without a Black man getting raped in it, I promise you it will be twice as funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Williams told this story about Friday After Next<\/em> in response to remarks that comedian Rickey Smiley<\/strong> made on the podcast \u201cPierre\u2019s Panic Room<\/a>\u201d in 2022 about the film. At the time, Smiley, 55, said that Williams was originally supposed to be Santa Claus, the robber, in the film until Ice Cube decided to swap his and Williams\u2019s roles.<\/p>\n

As Williams tells it, the role of Money Mike was always his. \u201c[Smiley] told everybody it should have been my role, everybody on the scene.\u201d Williams shared with Sharp, \u201cSo considering that\u2019s the real story, why would you bring up that story? 35 members of the cast have never brought up that Rickey Smiley was going to play Money Mike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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