Lil Mama To Play Left Eye In TLC Biopic - Movie Update

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no clue what yall are talking about, but the original RRA came out in 98 so did clue's commercial release, the RRA Remix with Eve dropped in 99. Eve wasn't poppin in 97
Yeah...thats what I meant. The point was that Eve was around in 1998.
 

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Looked and sounded like Eve to me. She had Eve's hairstyle and Philly accent.

youre right and wrong.

it looked and sounded like mid-2000s eve. not 1999-2000 eve.

back then, eve had the dike cut and a real philly accent.

but yea, it definitely looked like mid-2000s eve with the weave and philly/Hollywood hybrid voice.

I cant see eve doing some chit like that back then tho. maybe now, but not back then. I just cant see it.

eve wasnt even popping back in 1999

'99 is when eve became the queen of hip-hop.

ruff ryders were at their peak, "ryde or die volume 1" was out and then eve dropped her solo a few months later and banged out all those hits. yall mustve forgot.
 

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its funny because eve had that cameo in the "no pigeons" video right before she blew up.:laff:

but I just cant see her doing some chit like that back then. she was too hood for that. plus left eye from philly too.

but yea, eve was definitely in the cut tho. she became the face of female hip-hop right when TLC was having their awards run for fanmail.
 

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Lil Mama Says Left Eye's Sister Cried Watching Her "CrazySexyCool" Portrayal
October 23, 2013 | Dean Mayorga



Lil Mama discussed her portrayal of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in the VH1 biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story in a recent interview with vladtv.com.

According to the rapper-actor, it was her uncle who informed her about the role and insisted that she try out for it. After some phone calls, Mama was eventually plugged in with one of the producers of the film.

"I got the script," Lil Mama said. "I came in and the casting agent looked at me and said, 'I wouldn't change a thing.' Sent the tape out. I read for the director and from there I did the screen test and it was history. I found out I got the role after three tries and that's pretty much the story."

In preparation for the role, Lil Mama spent time with TLC members Chilli and T-Boz in pre-production rehearsals.

"They would tell me about the way she moves, how I was really similar, but certain things I had to change a little bit in posture, or how she would react to certain situations," Lil Mama said. "So it was very informative and it was very helpful in preparing for the role."

During the vladtv.com interview, Lil Mama also spoke about a moment during filming where she says her performance moved Left Eye's sister, Raindrop, to tears.

"After I got out of the scene, Rain started crying," Lil Mama said. "And I said, 'What's wrong?' And she said, 'Nothing's wrong. Everything is right.' And that melted my heart to know that I pleased her 'cause your siblings, like that's the closest thing to you."

In an October interview with "Good Morning America," Chilli spoke about Lil Mama's portrayal of Left Eye.

"First of all, when we saw her audition tape, we were like, 'Okay, that's it. She's the one,'" Chilli said. "When she gets in character, with the dark contacts, we were talking to her sometimes, and it's like, 'Oh.' It was strange for us sometimes. It freaked us out a little bit."

Lil Mama is perhaps best known for her "Lip Gloss" single. She was a judge for the MTV dance contest "America's Best Dance Crew."
TLC released several hit singles throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Left Eye was killed in a car crash in La Ceiba, Honduras in 2002.
 
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