Ice Cube Reveals He Regrets Turning Down O-Dog Role In Menace II Society

Ice Cube admitted in a sit-down with the On The Guest List podcast that there was one movie role he missed out on that haunts him to this day. I would say Menace II Society,” Cube said when asked if there were any scripts he regrets passing on. “I had a shot to do O-Dog, even though I think Larenz Tate killed it, I just didn’t wanna be type cast. You know what I mean? I was like, ‘I just did Boys N The Hood and they just gonna have me be the L.A. gangbanger you know what I mean every damn movie’ and [Menace] was like the second movie I got offered so I was like, ‘Nah I don’t wanna play that.’ That was one movie that when I saw it I was like, ‘Ooo that role is cold. The N.W.A. legend kickstarted his film career by starring as Doughboy in John Singleton’s 1991 classic Boys N The Hood. From there, he would go on to star in other classics such as Friday, Barbershop, and Are We There Yet? After John Singleton died in 2019, Ice Cube both thanked and mourned the man who solidified his big transition into film.

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