24 Behind-The-Scenes Trivia About 'Love & Basketball'

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24 Behind-The-Scenes Trivia About 'Love & Basketball'
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Take a look at some of the facts and trivia about the 2000 classic romantic sports movie that almost featured famous athletes, and almost had an R rating because the MPAA thought a particular scene was “too real.” Bet you don't know which scene we're talking about. No, seriously, we'll give you good odds.

Love & Basketball

LOVE & BASKETBALL The writer-director got some strange initial feedback on her script while she was shopping it around. Quincy looks up at his Mom, surprised. She quickly hugs his face into her stomach. Camille lights up. CAMILLE Oh, me too. I used to cook for my friends parties and

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Love & Basketball

LOVE & BASKETBALL Alfre Woodard, who plays Monica's mother Camille Wright, wanted the director to play the female lead. She said that if I agreed to play Monica, she would play my mother. I had never acted before. But she said, Obviously this movie is based on your life. This

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Love & Basketball

LOVE & BASKETBALL An original draft of the script had Quincy break up Monica's wedding. When the script made it to Sundance, Prince-Bythewood was told that the first three quarters of the film was SO progressive, it would make more sense to let Monica fight for Quincy, instead of going

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

LOVE & BASKETBALL Gina rince-Bythewood was much harder on the mother character in the original draft. The movie is semi-autobiographical and the writer-director says it made her work through her relationship with her mom. My dad was my biggest cheerleader. My mom would come to games occasionally, but she would

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Love & Basketball

LOVE & BASKETBALL Even though the film had a lukewarm box-office stint, the response was positive. The movie got a standing ovation at Sundance, but Prince. Bythewood's most memorable response was a card she received from a 17-year-old boy after the first preview that read, It taught me how to

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