In Undercover Brother (2002), Conspiracy Brother, played by Dave Chappelle, talks about how silly it is that the black character in Forrest Gump is killed so quickly after being introduced. Chappelle famously turned down the role of Bubba in the movie, a move he has confessed to regretting.

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image showing In Undercover Brother (2002), Conspiracy Brother, played by Dave Chappelle, talks about how silly it is that the black character in Forrest Gump is killed so quickly after being introduced. Chappelle famously turned down the role of Bubba in the movie, a move he has confessed to regretting.

zzzaacchh on November 2nd, 2019 at 20:17 UTC »

I honestly can't see Dave Chappelle as Bubba.

secretsodapop on November 2nd, 2019 at 20:26 UTC »

That seems like a really really weird casting decision to pick Dave in 1994 or 93 for that role. Like did someone watch Robin Hood Men in Tights and think "yeah, that's Bubba Gump right there." ?

Graphitetshirt on November 2nd, 2019 at 20:43 UTC »

Now I'm just picturing Tyrone Biggums asking, "Y'all got anymore o that shrimp?"