What the stars of "a different world" now say about rumors Lisa Bonet was "difficult"
Originally the star of the Cosby Show spin-off, she left after the first season.
In the fall of 1987, whenThe Cosby ShowWas still on the air, a fallout that followed Denise Huxable at the fictitious institution of the Higher Learning Hillman College, made its debut. But at the same timeA different world was initially intended to turn aroundLisa Bonetcharacter, in the second season, the actor and Denise disappeared, and the SitCom has been retailing to present other new members of the distribution. Obviously, it was very great news of entertainment at the time -The Cosby Showwas a huge success and Bonet was already a star - so rumors began to fly on the reason why she leftA different worldSo early in what would be a six -season race. Some of these rumors blamed Bonet to be "difficult" with which to work.
In a new oral story, stars and creatives ofA different worldWeighing on the great reshuffle, the controversy behind the decision and what Bonet really looked like. Read the rest to discover what they said.
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Bonet was in a high -level relationship at the time.
Bonet RockerLenny KravitzDuring a new edition concert in 1985, and although their relationship was not romantic at the start,They fled in 1987, when she was 20 years old. The following year, she was pregnant with their only child,Zoë Kravitz, which was born on December 1, 1988.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Bonet and Kravitz's marriage ended in 1993, but they remained co-parents and friends. Kravitz has even become close to the second husband of his ex-wife,Jason Momoa, who Bonet separated earlier this year. Zoë, of course, followed the traces of his mother's actor, with projects likeBatmanandBig little lies.
Her pregnancy was a problem for Cosby.
There have been a lot of discussions during the decades sinceThe Cosby Showwas on the air with which Bonet often came up againstBill Cosby. Cosby also createdA different world, and although a part of the creative team of the university program thought that Bonet's pregnancy has opened an interesting new story for his character, he would have shot the idea that Denise was a pregnant student.
In a 2015 interview with the American television archives, showrunnerDebbie AllendescribeGo to Cosby with Bonet news And try to sell it by writing pregnancy in the show. "And I explained to him how I wanted to use it in the series because it would be a good thing. To see a girl who [this] kid from the upper class, having a baby, not married because she did not want Being married ... and the girls could root for her, ”she said.
Allen added that later, Cosby went to her and said, "You know what Debbie? No." I wouldn't do it, no.
Lenny Kravitz shares a similar version of this story in his2020 Memory,Let love speak.
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But there are still rumors on his behavior on the set.
ForVanity, several stars, members of the creative team and famous fans ofA different world participated in aOral story of the influential show. Although the publication notes that Bonet did not respond to the requests to be also part of it, the conversation obviously approached it and Denise - and the gossip which has increased after being dismissed from the show.
"Lisa does not have enough credit forA different world, "Darryl M. Bell, who played Ron, saidVanity. "It was because of his popularity that Mr. Cosby had the idea of doing this spin-off. And I know it was a lot of pressure, especially when she and Lenny started to go out together. The quantity Press and paparazzi who tracked them down and followed them ... They were 20 years old. Whoever suggested that Lisa was not professional or difficult to work with, it is simply not true. "
Jasmine, who played Whitley, added: "I had the impression that Lisa was reduced in her ability to look natural. Everyone said:" Well, it's just her. "Do you know how difficult it is to make your truth of reality? In front of a camera?"
Cree Summer, who joined the cast of season 2 as Freddie, said that she and Bonet "became soul sisters" at first glance and noted that she was the godmother of Zoë.
No one in the room shares negative memories on work with Bonet.
The show underwent massive changes after Bonet's departure.
Bonet, who would come back toThe Cosby ShowAfter welcoming her daughter, he was not the only victim of the first season ofA different world. The show also separated fromMarisa Tomei, who played the roommate of Denise Maggie, andLoretta guesses, who played the graduate student Stevie. New distribution members have been added, others have been promoted and the show began to focus more on other characters, including Whitley and Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison).
"[The creators] wanted to go in a different direction culturally, which meant that Marisa had also disappeared,"Dawnn Lewis, known to fans under the name of Jaleesa, recalled toVanity. "She and Lisa are incredible women, and they were so fun to work. It was sad for me - because we started this trip together - so that they were no longer there."
Of season 2, with Allen in the driver's seat,A different worldhas become more true for life and is always celebrated to tackle sensitive subjects that other comedies would not touch.
"No one had never seen a black college represented, no one had seen this range of blacks - of each walk, of all the socio -economic history, of each complexion," said the writer and executive producerSusan Falles-Hill. "We are always told what we are and what we are allowed to be, and onA different world, we were right. ""
