Boyz n the Hood
1991 film
Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Van Lathan · Logan Murdock
Aired June 29, 2021
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Film credit
Nia Long
Also referred to as Mia Long, Neil Long, Neal Long
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring Nia Long’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
All-Black remake
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:36:14Read transcript
- An all-Black remake is favored with Hart as Reuben, Diggs as Claude, Nia Long as Polly, Vivica A.Fox as Lisa, Cedric the Entertainer as Sandy, Ossie Davis as the father and David Alan Grier as Indursky. — Bill Simmons
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Untouchable; Black-cast version with Eddie Murphy
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:32:47Read transcript
- Untouchable and a Black-cast remake are both entertained; Murphy, Nia Long and Vivica A. Fox are proposed. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Singleton
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:02Read transcript
- Singleton is the choice, while renewed appreciation of Higher Learning, Rosewood, Baby Boy and Poetic Justice is acknowledged. — Sean Fennessey
- Cube is debated against Friday and his musical peak; Friday is ultimately favored as his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Matrix beats this for Fishburn overall, but Larry Fishburn specifically qualifies; the burger restaurant is another candidate. — Bill Simmons
- Cuba’s Oscar period beats this; characters named Stiles qualify over Teen Wolf, while Bassett’s long prime resists a single apex. — Bill Simmons
- Pouring out a40 is nominated; invention is doubted and popularization considered, with Detroit hats another candidate.
- Alicia Rogers is considered with Class Act as an alternative; Nia Long is rejected.
Recasting Couch
Angela Bassett as Quincy's mom
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:35Read transcript
- Lisa Bonet is proposed as Q's mom for more star power, noted as 33 at the time and able to play 38; the other participant vetoes it. — Bill Simmons
- A second actress (name garbled in the transcript) and Angela Bassett are offered for Q's mom; Bassett is accepted as better, with Waiting to Exhale as proof she could play a wronged strong woman. — Jemele Hill
- Nia Long is floated for Regina Hall's role as the sister, despite admiration for Hall. — Jemele Hill
- For Monica, Regina King and Jada Pinkett Smith are offered; Jada is questioned as too small, and the pushback is that Lathan's newness let her be Monica while King already carried history. — Jemele Hill
- Lathan's earlier roles are recalled as The Wood, The Best Man and a small part in Life; King had already made her turn in earlier films; the disagreement is left standing. — Jemele Hill
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:28:10Read transcript
- Nominees: F. Gary Gray's career, which went on to Set It Off, The Negotiator, The Italian Job, Straight Out of Compton (as transcribed) and The Fate of the Furious with big box office; and the clothing, Craig's timeless flannel, khakis, chucks and clean t-shirt, since the nineties are big again.
- Nia Long's athletic gear ages very well, an Ivy Park collection in 1995; Nia Long herself, and Regina King, are nominated, with the challenge to compare a 1995 picture of Long to a 2017 one and believe 22 years separate them; she lights up the screen the moment she appears, and Nia Long is agreed as the pick.
- The film sets Debbie up with a slow-motion shot of her running while Craig and Smokey stare, and a worse movie would have left her stuck there for catcalling, but she gets her own moment against Deebo at one point.
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