Chris Tucker Says He Was Only Paid $10,000 For Playing Smokey in 'Friday' – Your Black World
By Victor Omondi Chris Tucker played Smokey on the Friday and many fans loved him on that role. While many people may have thought that he received a fat package out of it, he recently revealed that he wasn’t paid much despite that film maintaining a cult classic status. Recently, during a new episode of the Shay Shay series owned by Shannon Sharpe, Tucker said he was paid only $10,000 for the role. “It’s one of those things – it was just a small movie,” Tucker said. “We filmed it in 20 days. I got about $10,000 for it or whatever, I didn’t care. I wanted the opportunity,”...
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