Chris Tucker is back, y’all! We hope to God! It’s hard to believe the actor and comedian hasn’t been in a movie since 2007 (Rush Hour 3) or that he has been in only three movies since 1997 (just the Rush Hour series!), but unless IMDb is run by a pack of liars, we’re forced to accept it as truth. Luckily, Tucker is finally making his big screen comeback in this week’s Silver Linings Playbook. In case you weren’t sure how to feel yet, you should be very. Very. Very. Excited.
In case you’d forgotten (or, you know, never knew), Chris Tucker first blew up doing stand-up on Def Comedy Jam in the early ’90s. Landing a few minor film roles lead to his classic turn as Smokey in Friday in 1995. He latter appeared in Panther and Dead Presidents before landing what is probably his defining role,...
In case you’d forgotten (or, you know, never knew), Chris Tucker first blew up doing stand-up on Def Comedy Jam in the early ’90s. Landing a few minor film roles lead to his classic turn as Smokey in Friday in 1995. He latter appeared in Panther and Dead Presidents before landing what is probably his defining role,...
- 11/20/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Silver Linings Playbook star Chris Tucker, once the world's highest paid actor, talks about what drew him to acting and why he's back after a five-year break
Chris Tucker is an actor who will for ever be associated with one, salient fact. Specifically: that he was, for a brief moment, the highest paid actor in the world. This was for Rush Hour 3, the third, but possibly not final instalment in the big-grossing action franchise of the 90s for which he was paid $25m (£15.75m). The film proved him to be, arguably, the greatest physical comedian of his generation and, inarguably, its best remunerated.
After watching his hyper-animated, bug-eyed, wisecracking, body-popping turns as Lapd Detective James Carter – foil to Jackie Chan's self-contained police inspector Lee – it is hard to believe this subdued, polite guy in black shirt and suit, speaking softly at a hotel suite conference table, is the same person.
Chris Tucker is an actor who will for ever be associated with one, salient fact. Specifically: that he was, for a brief moment, the highest paid actor in the world. This was for Rush Hour 3, the third, but possibly not final instalment in the big-grossing action franchise of the 90s for which he was paid $25m (£15.75m). The film proved him to be, arguably, the greatest physical comedian of his generation and, inarguably, its best remunerated.
After watching his hyper-animated, bug-eyed, wisecracking, body-popping turns as Lapd Detective James Carter – foil to Jackie Chan's self-contained police inspector Lee – it is hard to believe this subdued, polite guy in black shirt and suit, speaking softly at a hotel suite conference table, is the same person.
- 11/16/2012
- by Hermione Hoby
- The Guardian - Film News
Since Rush Hour (and then, the totally unnecessary sequels to Rush Hour), Chris Tucker seems to have spent the last four years in a cave in Pakistan. But this August, he'll return to the spotlight and to his comedic roots; he recently announced his first stand-up tour in over a decade. Tucker debuted in the early 90's on HBO's Def Comedy Jam, becoming a popular regular known for his audacious material and over-the-top delivery. Catching the attention of Hollywood studios, Tucker made his acting debut in the lackluster House Party 3 but gained momentum and greater film recognition as Smokey, the pot-loving sidekick to Ice Cube in the comedy classic Friday. Hitting a peak as the funny man partner to Jackie Chan in the Rush Hour series, Tucker seemed to lose steam and hasn't appeared in a film since. The question is, will he be funny? He [...]...
- 7/11/2011
- Nerve
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