Ice-T and his wife Coco’s love for horror films led to quite the bonding moment with a horror legend himself, Stephen King.
In an exchange on Twitter/X on Monday (April 29), Stephen replied to the rapper/actor’s post asking for suggestions of their favorite extreme/disturbing movie. For Ice and Coco, it’s the 2008 French film MARTYRS (frequently named one of the most disturbing movies of all time), which focuses on a young woman’s quest to seek revenge against people who abducted and tortured her as a child.
“By now you should know that Coco and I are FANS of Extreme Horror movies… I don’t know why it took me soooo long to watch MARTYRS. But that movie is officially SICK.. Loved it. What’s your favorite Extreme or Disturbing movie?” Ice asked.
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“THEY CAME FROM WITHIN and THE BROOD, both early David Cronenberg,” Stephen replied – which delighted Ice.
“When GrandMaster talks…. You gotta listen. RESPECT the OG!!! Mr @StephenKing,” he replied, to which Stephen said, “I bow down.”
THEY CAME FROM WITHIN and THE BROOD, both early David Cronenberg.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 28, 2024
I bow down. https://t.co/zjVNRE2R4I
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 29, 2024
Ice-T has had much success in the film and TV world himself — including in the beloved Leprechaun comic horror franchise. Recently, he shared his take on Artificial Intelligence – and revealed that he doesn’t share the same concerns that partly pushed the Screen Actors Guild to go on strike over summer.
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Ice hosted a book signing for Mark Minevich’s Our Planet Powered by AI in December, where he said that he felt that he could “act forever” thanks to the technology.
“I think Ice-T could potentially act forever,” he said to the NY Times. “I wouldn’t care. I think to say ‘no’ would be selfish. A future AI version of me would be better than me.”
He continued: “I believe it’s coming and we need to just address it as it comes. There is nothing you can do. One of my favorite quotes from [famed producer] Quincy Jones is, ‘if you want to lose a fight, fight the future.’ If you can’t beat them, join them. I am trying to read as much [as I can] to be involved as it grows.”
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While Ice-T is welcoming to the technology, at least one other legendary West Coast rapper is a little less excited — namely, Ice Cube. Over the summer, the NWA legend cautioned that the technology would make artists “lazy.”
“I think it’s terrible,” Cube said. “I think it’s gon’ make people lazier, less creative.”
