The iconic rapper and actor known as Ice Cube – aka O’Shea Jackson, Sr. – walked away from a reported $9 million dollars after he reportedly refused to accept a vaccine mandate.
Jackson will star alongside comedy favourite Jack Black in the film, currently called Oh No!. The legendary entertainer clearly said that when Sony informed him that he needed to get vaccinated before he could join the film set. Production is expected to start in Hawaii this winter.
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Sony had no comment. Sony’s representative personally declined to comment. WME, the star’s agency, did not respond to requests for comment. Oh No! is being produced by Matt Tolmach and Black, who both did not offer a comment.
In June, Ice Cube and Black collaborated on this project. The Sony film was looking to shoot this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s breakout comedy Trip to the Bad Side, in the director’s seat. Produced by Oh No! made the request that cast on the project would need to be vaccinated.
Jackson has left this second movie in the past few months. Jackson quietly left a upcoming boxing movie called Flint Strong and while there is no public word as to why, it isn’t hard to imagine that he had been asked to get a COVID vaccine on that production too.
The Hollywood ReporterThey did take great care to point out that Jackson was very supportive of the use of masks and mitigation efforts to date. I guess they don’t want to make a big deal out of this “anti-vaxxer” since he doesn’t fit the profile they prefer to believe encompasses the vaccine hesitant.
Ice Cube encouraged mask-wearing throughout the pandemic. In August, Bacone College in Oklahoma thanked the star and others for a donation of 2,000 face masks to use as personal protective equipment. In April 2020, amid COVID-19 lockdowns, he unveiled “Check Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self” branded T-shirts, featuring the star in a mask, in partnership with the manufacturer Black Out, with proceeds to benefit frontline health workers.
Both unions and production companies agreed to accept each case and all mandates.
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