David Mamet wasn’t able to get Chris Rock to top line his new Broadway play. But don’t blame Rock’s wife, Malaak.
Producers of Mamet’s eagerly awaited “Race” have announced that it’s due to feature David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington, James Spader and Richard Thomas. But we hear Mamet first offered Grier’s part to Rock.
Why didn’t Rock take it?
Whispers along the Rialto claim Malaak wouldn’t let him because Washington was in it.
Two years ago, when Rock and Washington made the big-screen comedy “I Think I Love My Wife,” the inevitable rumors surfaced that, like his character, Rock was finding his marriage tested by his enchanting co-star.
Both actors laughed off the talk at the time. But, according to sources, Malaak dreaded the revival of the rumors.
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