LOS ANGELES — The Rams’ 2026 NFL draft rollout continued on Friday when the team released a short film titled “Thursday.”<\/p>\n
The film is a parody of the 1995 comedy “Friday” starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, who played Craig and Smokey, respectively.<\/p>\n
In “Thursday,” the Rams pay homage to the original film by using the titular theme song by Ice Cube and reenacting several standout scenes.<\/p>\n
Ice Cube’s son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Tucker’s son, Destin Tucker, are the main characters in “Thursday,” as a tribute to their father’s roles.<\/p>\n
Actor Terry Crews makes a cameo in the short film as a parody of the character Deebo — the neighborhood bully played by the late Tiny Lister — riding up on Jackson and Tucker on a beach cruiser bicycle similar to Deebo’s in the original movie. He is accompanied by Rams linebackers Jared Verse and Byron Young.<\/p>\n
Crews, who was drafted No. 281 by the Rams in 1991, reflects on his playing days before re-creating the iconic “What chain?” scene from “Friday,” where Deebo snatches the chain of Red, originally played by DJ Pooh.<\/p>\n
In the scene, Crews pulls a Rams ring from Tucker’s pocket and then delivers a twist on the original line when Tucker asks for it back, saying: “What ring?”<\/p>\n
Crews also played Damon in the third installment of the Friday series, “Friday After Next.”<\/p>\n
Jackson and Tucker also re-create the famous “damn” line after Crews takes off his shirt while flexing his pectoral muscles.<\/p>\n
West Coast rapper YG makes a cameo as Stanley, velvet robe and all.<\/p>\n
Rams guard Kevin Dotson appears as “Big K-Dot” — a nod to the original movie’s Big Worm, played by Faizon Love — complete with a lowrider and hair rollers.<\/p>\n
“Playing with these picks is like playing with my emotions,” Dotson says, riffing on the character’s iconic line.<\/p>\n
The film finishes with a line from the original “Friday” poster: “A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday.”<\/p>\n
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