according to www.imdb.com Prince and Lenny Kravitz were considered to play Chris Tuckers "camp" character.

http://www.imdb.com/title...116/trivia





I had never heard this.

and yes i know the title of the thread is misleading

muirdo said:

Yeah , i've seen the movie .
There are some costume-sketches with a Prince-looking character , done by Jean-Paul Gaultier who was nominated ( and awarded ? ) at the Academy Awards for " best costume design "


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muirdo said:

Well I "considered" having Prince make me breakfast this morning but I doubt he would have been down with it.

lovemachine said:

I think there would have been more chance of him accepting a role in a movie than coming round to your house and making your breakfast.
Consider that.

When I first saw the movie, I thought it was a parody prince concept (that character)

ufoclub said:

yeah me too.

thats how non-fans probably see him.

that is how the general public sees him!

muirdo said:

ufoclub said:

well thats one way of putting it.

ufoclub said:

Yeah, that's what i thought too.

I also thought 'the Diva' could've/should've been played by Grace Jones

muirdo said:

I disagree. The chances of Prince taking a role in a movie without complete control is zero and he did have that period during 1996/97 where he was going to fans house for meals.