Method Man appeared in four episodes of the HBO series Oz, and his behavior behind the scenes was part of the reason why his run was so brief. On the debut episode of Fox Soul’s Established With Angela Yee, the Wu-Tang Clan MC recalled how he upset the creative team behind Oz and got his character killed off as a result.
“One day I’m laying there like, ‘Man, I’m not getting up [for work],'” he told Yee. “I go to ’em like, ‘Yeah, I’ma be a little late.’ They was like, ‘Yeah? Don’t even show up.’ I was like, ‘Oh shit.'”
He continued, “I’m calling my manager, the manager’s calling the assistant. The assistant’s relaying messages back-and-forth and being a real asshole about it. And it was like, ‘Look, [show creator] Tom [Fontana] says show up tomorrow on time and we’ll see what we can do.”
Method Man received a rude awakening when he came to the set, learning his character’s fate when he read the changes to the script.
“So, I show up the next day then the new script came in,” he explained. “And I read it and I was killed off.”
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Meth portrayed Tug Daniels in the series. His character died in the 15th episode of Oz’s fourth season, which aired in 2001.
Watch his death scene below.
I love Meth, but he messed up large with this. “Weed” rappers – Redman, Cypress Hill most fall off both musically and work wise.
Ice T doesn’t smoke weed or drink and he’s been consistent on Law and Order. Method Man squandered a lucrative opportunity.
At least he puts the truth out there. Anyways, good luck to Method Man. He had some dope joints on Meth Lab 2. He has one of the most enduing careers in rap.
He came out on The Wire shortly after that. So it looks like he did just fine without Oz.
Word it’s the Oz creators who were petty and lost Meth. Oz isn’t even on Bluray it isn’t remembered like that lol.
You can’t have actors on a multi million dollar show just deciding one day they going to come in a bit late. It fucks up the whole flow of work and frustrates the crew and other actors. Even Meth said himself that he learned his lesson from this. I’m sure he used that knowledge to not repeat the same bs when he landed a role in The Wire.
Ah, you’re right. I respect that.
Method Man is definitely one of the best rapper/actors. He was really good in that show “The Deuce”.
So this dude said “fuck going to work” then bitches when he gets fired. Yeah, that is black logic.
He’s not bitching, he’s owning a mistake. For future reference: maybe read more carefully and be less racist?
Don’t bother, you can’t expect guys like John to use logic or even decency.
They show you their hand, who they are, at the first opportunity; human garbage cans.