Chris Tucker explains why Prince passed on ‘The Fifth Element’

Chris Tucker has revealed why Prince turned down the eccentric position of Ruby Rhod within the movie The Fifth Aspect.

Throughout his look on The View, Tucker shared the pop icon’s purpose for rejecting the position within the 1997 Luc Besson-directed sci-fi movie. The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg talked about the movie was considered one of her favorites and praised the actor for his efficiency. Tucker then revealed that Besson had advised him that the position was initially for Prince.

The American actor and comic then recalled the second by which Prince’s safety approached him at a membership in Los Angeles, claiming that the pop icon wished to fulfill the one who received the position.

“He stated, ‘You performed that half in Fifth Aspect. I used to be imagined to play that half,’” Tucker shared. “I stated, ‘For actual?’ He stated, ‘Properly, I didn’t just like the costumes. I didn’t like these.’ And I checked out him and I stated, ‘However you bought your butt hanging out your pants!’ He stated, ‘However that is my design, my design.’”

The position ended up catapulting Tucker to success. The next yr, the actor starred in Rush Hour, alongside Jackie Chan.

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who created the movie’s iconic costumes, additionally shared his expertise with assembly Prince in 2016. In line with Consequence, throughout his exhibition on the Brooklyn Museum, Gaultier revealed: “I confirmed Prince my drawings, however he didn’t say a phrase.”

He continued: “I had had an concept for a extremely humorous costume with netting which fairly lengthy physique hair would go by, and I had achieved back and front variations of it. […] I slapped my buttocks to indicate him how the again of the costume could be designed.” Prince reacted to this by giving him a “Charlie Chaplin form of look.”

Besson has beforehand shared that another excuse why Prince turned down the position was as a result of his hectic touring schedule clashed with capturing.

In different information, Tucker has stated that he will likely be within the upcoming fourth movie within the Rush Hour franchise.

Talking about his upcoming work, the actor shared: “I’m enthusiastic about that. It’s not going to be what you’ve usually seen… Rush Hour 4, that’s one thing I undoubtedly will in all probability drop in there as a result of I like working with Jackie, however I’ve received some new stuff that I believe you’re actually gonna like. I’m enthusiastic about it.”