Friday - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Friday or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Friday

[christina]

Ice Cube and Nia Long appeared in Boyz n the Hood (1991), Are We There Yet?? (2005), and Are We Done Yet?? (2007).

[charlie]

F. Gary Gray: The man mopping the floor in the store.

[kim]

On the VHS videocassette jacket, it incorrectly synopsizes that Craig Jones (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) owe money to Deebo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.) and not Big Worm (Faizon Love), as it actually transpires.

[nicholas]

Ice Cube (Craig Jones), Bernie Mac (The Reverend), Anthony Johnson (Ezal), Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. (Deebo), Faizon Love (Big Worm), and Ronn Riser (Stanley) appeared in The Players Club (1998), which was written and directed by Ice Cube.

[beth]

DJ Pooh (Red) was originally set to play Smokey. However, New Line Cinema pressed producers for a better known actor, reaching a deal with Chris Tucker.

[sandra]

This movie was filmed in twenty days.

[mathew]

Craig Jones (Ice Cube) watches K-Dee's "Hittin' Corners" video, which was released by Cube's Lench Mob Records label.

[kyle]

In the flashback scene where Smokey (Chris Tucker) is in the car with Hector (Demetrius Navarro) and his friend, two men can be seen sitting on a block wall in the background. The men were residents of the neighborhood who wanted to be difficult towards the production staff, knowing they couldn't tell them what to do on their property. They remained in the shot despite offers from the staff which included compensation or a walk-on role in this movie.

[scarlett]

Smokey's car is a 1976 Ford Pinto.

[harry]

The song being played on Smokey's car while Smokey and Craig were about to go to a store was performed by Dr. Dre, a former member of N.W.A. just like Ice Cube (Craig). It is also remembered that Dr. Dre, along with other N.W.A. members, were once dissed by Ice Cube through his rap "No Vaseline", though during the making of this movie, they had already settled their differences.