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Actors who would've worked out better.....


I was just thinking about this movie and what would have made this better.

I think that Duane Martin was horrible in this movie. No wonder why aside from "The Seat Filler" he had no real movie career. He's more suited to romantic comedies than a hood flick.

Omar Epps, who a few years earlier was in Juice would have been perfect for the role taken Duane Martin's role. Matter of fact, he would have been perfect. Wonder why that didn't come to be?

Tupac did good in this role as the drug dealer, but I would have liked a straight up New York cat like the rapper Freddie Foxx or Lord Finesse (google them if you don't know who they are). Tupac played the role well, but it could have been better.

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I thought Duane was great in the role, most basketball players are nerd jocks. In the "hood" very few ball players with real talent arwnt gangster and tend to be pretty dorky.

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I don't feel like Duane was trying to portray Kyle as a gangster. I don't know where you're from but, I know quite a few gangsters that can ball.

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"Straight up NewYork cat" haha....Pac was born there. He didn't move to the west till he was 17. Not sure what makes someone "straight up NewYork" anyway....

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