Paula Jai Parker on Getting Her Role in ‘Friday’: Ice Cube Liked My Short Shorts (Part 7)

Part 6: https://youtu.be/ktFNakrwWaI
Part 1: https://youtu.be/PN3uVUkDaE4
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Paula Jai Parker spoke about transferring into movies from TV. She noted that she met Ice Cube and Yo-Yo through Robert Townsend, which led to her getting a role in the movie ‘Friday,’ along with getting a role in ‘Tales From The Hood.’

She noted that she was shooting both movies simultaneously, and that she thought ‘Tales From The Hood’ was going to be more impactful than ‘Friday.’ She talked about Rusty Cundieff and his impact he made with ‘Tales From The Hood.’