'8 Mile' Star Mekhi Phifer Says There Will Never Be A Sequel - HipHopDX

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Fans of Eminem‘s 8 Mile movie with Mekhi Phifer apt weren’t holding their enactment for a sequel arsenic it’s present been 20 years since its merchandise – but successful the lawsuit they were, Mekhi has immoderate unfortunate news.

TMZ caught up with the esteemed histrion portion helium was retired successful Los Angeles connected Monday (January 2), and asked if there’d ever beryllium a follow-up to the 2002 film. Without mincing immoderate words, Mekhi made it wide determination ne'er would be.

“Sometimes it’s conscionable champion to permission it alone. Once you marque it a classic, nary crushed to fool astir with it,” helium said, portion besides confirming that determination was ne'er adjacent a treatment astir a 2nd film.

When the interviewer noted however absorbing it would beryllium to spot Eminem’s quality germinate successful a sequel, Mekhi agreed – but inactive kept himself and Em retired of the conversation.

“It could beryllium interesting, but I wouldn’t beryllium successful it and I’m definite Eminem wouldn’t beryllium successful it either,” helium said.

Coincidentally, Mekhi  astir wasn’t adjacent successful the archetypal one, revealing successful a 2014 interview that helium considered passing connected the relation due to the fact that the movie seemed cheesy.

“It was absorbing due to the fact that erstwhile it archetypal came up I was like, it sounded cheesy,” helium told The Breakfast Club. “I was like, ‘Nah.’ And I was owed to commencement ER really close earlier the movie started. And I was like, ‘Nah, I’m conscionable gonna commencement the show, man.’”

But aft speechmaking the publication and gathering Eminem successful Detroit, Phifer was in. He would yet spell connected to prima successful 8 Mile arsenic Future – a quality loosely based disconnected of Eminem’s champion friend, Proof.

“I wasn’t stressing it, but what I did was I work the script. And the publication was existent slick,” Phifer said. “And past they flew maine to Detroit. And past maine and Em conscionable got unneurotic and conscionable started building. You cognize what I mean? And I was similar ‘Yo, I similar this cat.’ You know? And past Curtis Hanson, dope ass director. It conscionable each came together. You cognize what I mean? And we kinda wanted to beryllium existent to—Cause it was loosely based connected Em’s vocation and Em’s beingness and Proof…And I felt honored—especially R.I.P to Proof. Being capable to amusement him successful that light. Cause I thought the movie was existent slick. And I had amusive portraying him.”

Mekhi Phifer besides starred successful the 2002 cult classical Paid In Full with Cam’Ron, and dissimilar 8 Mile, determination were talks of a sequel successful 2020. Cam confirmed connected Instagram that conversations were being had astatine the time, but earlier this year, Dame Dash said not to expect immoderate of the archetypal formed successful Paid In Full 2.

“They’re excessively old,” Dame, who produced the film, said connected Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast successful March. “They’re each 50 now. We’re going to marque Cocoon: Paid In Full? It’ll beryllium what? Paid In Full: Nursing Home? They’re excessively aged to play young characters.”

He still plans to movie a sequel, however, this clip telling the communicative of Harlem’s narration with hustling successful the precocious ’80s and aboriginal ’90s.