Q 01/05
A) Spike Lee
B) The Hughes Brothers
C) John Singleton
D) F. Gary Gray
Answer · why
He was 23 during the shoot and had graduated from USC's film school only the year before.
Q 02/05
A) Eazy-E
B) Dr. Dre
C) MC Ren
D) Too Short
Answer · why
The rapper who wrote it was N.W.A's lead lyricist; the studio reportedly had no idea when it cast him.
Q 03/05
A) Morris L. Chestnut
B) Ice Cube
C) Omar Hashim Epps
D) Cuba Gooding Jr.
Answer · why
It was his first major role; five years later he won an Oscar as a football player.
Q 04/05
A) Denzel Washington
B) Laurence Fishburne
C) Samuel L. Jackson
D) Forest S. Whitaker
Answer · why
The director met him on the set of Pee-wee's Playhouse, where Singleton worked as a production assistant and security guard.
Q 05/05
A) Ice-T
B) Ice Cube
C) Tupac Shakur
D) Snoop Dogg
Answer · why
The part was written for him after the director met him while interning at The Arsenio Hall Show.
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