It was noted that Eazy-E was supposed to play O-Dog in the 1993 film ‘Menace II Society.’ However, director Allen Hughes says Eazy’s push to “control” the film pushed him to drop the rapper from the role.
While speaking to Charlamagne and DJ Envy at ‘The Breakfast Club,’ the director revealed the information. Hughes we on to say the role of O-Dog was written for Eazy, but Jerry Heller’s push to control the script led to Hughes moving away from Eazy and recasting the role, adding Larenz Tate instead.
Hughes said, “Eazy-E was my first real O.G. mentor in the business, right [around] the summer when Dre left [N.W.A] in ’91. That’s a long story.”
From there, Hughes said: “I learned everything from Eazy, but one of the things with him and Jerry is they always try to keep you in a box and control you. And they were trying to control us in the script, and I just had to move on, and it was for peanuts […] I adore Eazy. He was so giving and so down-to-earth. By the way, great with his fans, too. Very patient with his fans. But I see why Cube left, I see why Dre left. There was a whole thing there.” Watch above.
Source: Hiphopdx.com
