Ice Dice is publicly addressing Katt Williams’ statements about Friday After Subsequent in his interview with Shannon Sharpe on “Membership Shay Shay.”
On the present, Katt Williams claims that Rickey Smiley wasn’t initially presupposed to have the function of Cash Mike though Smiley beforehand acknowledged he did. In a nine-minute video, Dice addressed the state of affairs and confirmed a few of the issues that Williams stated.
“So far as particular issues, Katt was 100 on a number of issues,” Dice stated. “Most of what he was saying- a few issues I simply wanna make clear. After we herald a brand new comic we do have them check out for various roles. So Ricky did give Cash Mike a shot. However after we noticed him and noticed how he moved and the way he was auditioning, we determined he can be a greater Santa Claus, which to me was an ideal casting. After we noticed Katt, once I noticed him I simply knew that he was excellent for Cash Mike.”
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“Katt stated he wrote his function, which the function was written, however he enhanced it. For this reason Katt was so dope within the film,” Dice stated. “Cash Mike had a small function … however after we began filming he was giving us such magic that we saved increasing his function and giving him extra to do as a result of he was on level.”
Dice additionally commented on the rape scene that Williams talked about within the interview, saying “We might by no means, ever present that. That’s not my model.”
In Williams’ interview, he claimed that within the unique script of the film, Cash Mike was raped within the lavatory.
“The issue with Friday After Subsequent is we’re making an attempt to make a traditional comedy, and this comedy entails a rape, and rape isn’t humorous regardless of who it occurs to or what the circumstances are,” Williams stated.