Actor Chris Tucker has reportedly turned down $10-$12m because a role required him to smoke cannabis and swear.,,,
It’s not every day you get to put a $10m price tag on your faith, but that’s exactly what Christian actor Chris Tucker did according to his co-star rapper Ice Cube.
Tucker starred in the popular 1995 film ‘Friday’ but refused to appear in the sequels because he didn’t want to portray a character known for swearing and smoking marijuana.
“We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do ‘Next Friday’ but he turned us down for religious reasons,” Ice Cube tweeted. “He didn’t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera.”
Tucker has publicly spoken about his Christian faith. “One of the reasons why I didn’t do the second one [film] was because of the weed. That movie became a phenomenon. I don’t want everybody smoking weed – I don’t wanna represent everybody smoking weed.”
Tucker told the Canadian newspaper Straight that he returned to stand-up comedy because of his faith.
“Being a Christian helps me in comedy,” he said. “I have to talk about other stuff. Normally, most comics talk about stuff that’s easy – maybe cussing or saying something raunchy. I have to dig deeper to find something that’s still funny and not raunchy. It’s harder. I like the challenge.”
