You know what I’m saying? It’s like, we may not be that, but you can see in the way we move, in the way we shoot, in the way we run, we’re very inspired by those that came before us.”
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“I was like, ‘I wanna make something so good that Eddie is like, ‘Alright, yeah, that’s lit, that’s lit.’ But I hope he knows that to me it’s, like, we wanted to be– we wanted LeBron James to be to the series what Michael Jordan is to the movie.
Waithe says she hopes the “Boomerang” cast will “see it and they’ll say, ‘Oh, this is so dope. “If you wanna see some fresh faces and a new take on the movie, come watch the show.”Īlso Read: Turner Boss Kevin Reilly Doesn't Want WarnerMedia to Share 'Friends' With Netflix “But I always tell people, ‘If you wanna see Grace Jones, and Eartha - may she rest - and Halle and Eddie and Robin, go watch the movie,” she said. Waithe, who co-wrote the pilot with executive producer/showrunner Ben Cory Jones, knows that “a lot of people are definitely asking” if the OG cast will return. Lena came to me with her art, her passion, and a real desire to do it and I said yes before knowing how any of my other co-stars felt about this.” Please do this with me.’ So that’s all I know.
And you might she me, you might see me - for sure.”Įxecutive produced by “The Chi” creator Waithe and Berry, the series will follow “Everybody Hates Chris” alum Tequan Richmond and his “All Night” co-star Tetona Jackson, as the son and daughter, respectively, of the characters played by Eddie Murphy and Robin Givens in the ’90s flick, as they try to step out of their parents’ shadows and make a legacy of their own.Īlong with Murphy, Givens and Berry, the original film’s cast included David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Chris Rock, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and Reginald Hudlin, among many others.Īlso Read: 'The Other Two' Renewed for Season 2 by Comedy Centralīerry says she hasn’t spoken to anyone else from the group about coming back, telling reporters: “Lena came to me, this was her passion, she just was– she said, ‘I gotta do this and I really wanna team up with you, please.’… And she said, ‘I have to bring a modern version of this story to our people. “I can’t speak for anybody else from the cast, I can only speak for myself,” she said.
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“You might see me at some point,” Berry told reporters during the Television Critics Association press tour Monday, with a little laugh.Īlso Read: 'Boomerang': BET Sequel Series to 1992 Eddie Murphy Movie Casts Tequan Richmond, Tetona Jackson as Leads But as far as everyone else goes? We’ll have to wait and see, because Berry hasn’t asked her former co-stars to appear on Lena Waithe’s updated take on “Boomerang.” Well, no, you might see executive producer Halle Berry reprising her role.
Fans of the 1992 romantic comedy “Boomerang” who are looking to see the original film’s cast appear on BET’s upcoming sequel series shouldn’t hold their breath.
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