Jada Pinkett Smith made it clear that she is not a fan of the new film about her close friend, the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
In a series of tweets, Smith called All Eyez on Me, starring newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr., “deeply hurtful.”
Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
Smith is played by Kat Graham in Benny Boom’s biopic. The actual Shakur would have turned 46 on Friday.
Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
Pinkett Smith wrote on Twitter.
Smith concluded with,
Pac never read me that poem. I didn't know that poem existed until it was printed in his book.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
The actress then reached out to Shipp Jr. and Graham, telling them the issues she has with the film are “no fault of yours.”
I've never been to any of Pac's shows by his request. We never had an argument backstage.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
All Eyez on Me has also been hit with numerous negative reviews, the picture being called “uniformly uninspired” and “a muddled vision of Tupac.”
