It’s been 25 years since Dead Presidents starring Larenz Tate, Chris Tucker and Bokeem Woodbine released in theaters. It was the Hughes brothers (Albert and Allen Hughes) second film after their wildly popular breakout Menace II Society, and according to Tate, Jada Pinkett-Smith was supposed to star in the film. It would be years later while the two were starring in Girls Trip that Tate would find out why she turned down the role of Delilah Benson played by N’Bushe Wright. “We’re on set in New Orleans talking about that experience and I said well Jada I talked to the Hughes brothers and you were supposed to be in the movie. She was like ‘I was’. I was like ‘well why didn’t you do the movie?,’” he said. “She said I just couldn’t do it because at the time I was really close with Tupac, and Tupac at the time had this beef with the Hughes brothers.” If you’re wondering Tupac’s beef with the Hughes Brothers stemmed from him being booted from Menace II Society and later getting into a fight with Allen Hughes on a music video set. As luck would have it Tate and Jada would work […]
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