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Hardison: I was not a fan of that whole idea. Since I knew Lisa, I went and saw a taping of A Different World. When Ceci arrived, however, he asked if he could retire Dwaynes signature flip-up glasses. This prompted shocked and saddened reactions from his colleagues and loved ones (via CNN). If youre running a network, you dont get credit for the shows you didnt develop. "Outside New York, people assumed I really was a hustler," O'Neal said in 1979. Little did I know how truly tough and oppressive the world would be outside. Bumper Robinson (Dorian Heywood): I was graduating high school at the time, so I was actually a legit freshman coming into college. Christopher Hibler. Lou Myers, the actor most known for playing Mr. Vernon Gaines on the NBC sitcom "A Different World," is dead. Robinson: I remember the Tupac episode in particular, because he was super cool and had street cred and everything, and my character was the church boy. Summer: I dont think the network really gave a shit about A Different World. He shows up and hes not the guy that she wrote about. I just thought, with all the brothers on campus, with all the fish in the sea, she didnt have to sleep with Kims man. Former It's A Different World actor, Darryl M. Bell (who played "Dwayne Wayne's" friend, "Ron Johnson") has had his highs and lows in the entertainment biz' and in his personal life. Allen: Patti LaBelle and I are friends from my early dance days in New York. Everyone thought it was so funny. Originally, the show was about three women. She would go on to create some of the shows most recognizable looks, from Freddies texture-heavy boho ensembles to Whitleys polished suits. I wouldnt have been able to move forward, quite frankly. They brought the case to the prosecutor. But I came back in a few days with Hangin With Mr. Cooper. None of this was possible for me before I watched A Different World. Jasmine Guy. That A Different World was never nominated for a Golden Globe and never won an Emmy is both unsettling and indicative of how Black shows rarely receive the praise they deserve. They asked me if Id done stand-up for a studio audience before and I said, Yes, for Magnum, P.I. They said, Magnum, P.I. Throughout her lengthy career, Cash was very careful about the roles she accepted. It wasnt like she was wearing YSL or Gucci. We made her a lawyer and [Cree] hated it. Susan Fales-Hill hired Yvette Lee Bowser, who would then go on to create Living Single. 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He leaves through Whitleys window and rumors start. You can various bits of trivia about these A Different World stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of . Four years later in 1988, he returned to its universe as E.Z. Allen: We had to evolve Freddieshe couldnt stay the flower child. I felt a plantation mentality dictating to us for the first time, because there was no reason for that, other than we had a Black show and [Fox] had a Black show. I was like, Damn, how can I be cool in this episode too? But I realized then how important my character was to show those sides, those layers of us, as Black people. Were always being told what we are and what were allowed to be, and on A Different World, we just were. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. He reprised the role for the pilot of "A Different World." [Jada] was brand-new to Hollywood and she was just magnificent and magical, and had an extraordinary story herself. I just didnt know it was a thing. Its remarkable to know that you can still have that kind of effect on someone 30-plus years after the fact. Regina Hicks was a PA on A Different World. Lewis: [The creators] wanted to go in a different direction culturally, which meant Marisa was also gone. Guy: Some of the writers and producers were coming up to me and going, Are you nervous? I was like, No more nervous than any other time. I wanted to tell people, Im not her, Im not really getting married. I think its disappointing to people that I wasnt as invested, but I would definitely be crazy if I thought I was the characters that Ive portrayed. Her birth year had been reported both as 1936 and 1941 in various sources. Prince-Bythewood would then go on to becomea staff writer. It was one of the tragedies of my career. But, as anyone who's seen the show can attest, Myers absolutely owned the role. She was someone that I had known from New York. 1 min read Mary Alice, an Emmy and Tony Award winner best known to TV viewers for her roles in A Different World and I'll Fly Away, died on July 27in New York City,. I was like, When I walk into the room, you better look at me. We had to build this up to a reality. Dawnn Lewis (Jaleesa Vinson): I had just finished the tour of a Broadway show, The Tap Dance Kid, with Hinton Battle, Harold Nicholas, and Dul Hill. He was like, You heard about this Cosby spinoff audition? I was like, Yeah, I just went in. He was like, I just went in. I was like, Oh, for who? Dwayne Wayne. And I was like, You went in for Dwayne Wayne? Lewis: When they wrote the episode of us not getting married, we were like, Whew, we dodged a bullet. But then they had me marry Colonel Taylor. [When] I decided to have a production company, it just felt right. "A Different World" features a great many actors, plenty of whom are still working in the industry. I wish that people got as excited about Black television as they did for Cheers, which was right down the road from us, but I dont think we ever felt a real overwhelming sense of celebrity. And there were a few people that didnt know what it meant, which was kind of cool, you know? 1 Episode 1992. In this installment, she visits Hillman and befriends Mr. Gaines. You need to really honor that.. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. I went back on the road and got the news that they wanted me for the role. Waithe: An episode that I dont think gets talked about enough is when [Jada Pinkett Smiths character] Lenas father comes back into her life. Guy: We had so much fun off-camera that I only remember episodes based on what was going on in our lives during that time. Born in Indianola, Mississippi, she got into acting in her community at a young age, but briefly took a break from the business to be an elementary school teacher in Chicago. It felt like a kiss on the forehead from the universe, says Williams about his recent Golden Globe win for the ABC series. I was always on a plane going somewhere, or driving somewhere. Then they would make changes and come back to us. I had watched the show, and I remember being in North Richmond, California, in my grandmamas living room with the plastic over the carpet, and [my grandmother] said, Canadamy moms family calls me Canadayou should be on that show.. They were like, Okay, my man, do you want to shorten that up?, Bowser: It wasnt the best line reading, but we loved him and were like, Weve got to find something for Darryl to do.. Diem Brown died November 14 at age 34; Ryan Knight, 29, died November 27. I dont think the network wanted us to do it, and advertisers pulled out, but it was just the time. Bell: After the chemistry read I was like, What time are we heading home Kadeem? Bell: I think there were three of us, maybe four, that went to network for the part of Dwayne Wayne. "A Different World" witnesses Denise Huxtable's (Lisa Bonet) transition, As theCharleston Gazette-Mailreported in 2013, an unforgettably disturbing role in the "Star Wars Holiday Special. But the onscreen chemistry between Hardison and Guy was hard-foughtinitially hampered by a little crush Hardison says he had on Guy, and a fear of coming off too aggressive. So [the older cast members] took it upon ourselves to [say] buy a house, investwe tried to plant those kinds of seeds. The same people who casted the play were casting A Different World. Brooks on "A Different World." A Different World definitely should have been more lauded and acknowledged for its popularity and its contribution to society, but we were making a show for the people, not for the accolades. After School Daze, Jasmine Guy, who had also appeared in Fame with Debbie Allen, was performing on and off Broadway. I said, Wait. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. Hardison: It was tough at the end. Bell: One of my favorite nights was the night that Magic Johnson broke the all-time assist record. Fales-Hill: It was bittersweet. Then I would come to be Gina Prince-Bythewoods assistant when she worked on The Secret Life of Bees. Because of them as actors, I was able to do and say all the things that I, as a person, totally disbelieve. I know somebody that would be better.. In 1987, one of televisions most influential shows was born. Originally, A Different World was conceived as show about a white girl's experience attending an HBCU. That little moment at the very end where Freddie says to Dwayne, Thank you for being my friendsomething about that just fucking tears me up. The little insulated group at Carsey-Werner and A Different World was such a female-friendly and Black-friendly environment, and the world outside was racist and misogynist to say the least. We had to look at each other one day and say, Wait a minute, what is happening here? We did everything we could to sabotage it. And she said, I do! Enter Ron O'Neal, star of the famous 1972 blaxploitation movie, "Super Fly." Youve read the scripts, you understand the character dynamics. Young people who gain fame, they [can] get carried away. Its a recipe for self-destruction; its a recipe for taking things for granted. Yvette Lee Bowser went on to show run Dear White People, the series, which was the first movie Id ever produced. Hillman College was set in Virginia, so you couldnt tell any of us that it wasnt based on Hampton. Amazingly enough, Benson wasn't even Guillaume's last iconic role. By Emily Reuben / Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 5:24 am EST. 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