For instance, in the original script, 50 Cent's character, Marcus, kills four rival drug dealers on a corner. I was asking the studio, 'Is this true' They said they don't know. 50 said no, ... So I said, one, if he did kill somebody, why advertise it, and two, if he didn't, why glorify it So I took it in a different direction.
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