Actress Theresa Randle Martin Replaced Lawrence’s Wife in Bad Boys in Sequel Seen Living Rough in LA

Video of Bad Boys actress Theresa Randle on Skid Row in Los Angeles has fans alarmed just days after being replaced in an upcoming Bad Boys movie in a role she’s played frequently since the mid-90s.

In images posted to Instagram, the actress looked “smaller” than previous sightings and appeared to be in a walker.

The footage comes after news was released that she would not be reprising her role in the latest Bad Boys film as they recast her role with another actress.

Roger Neal, Randle’s former manager and publicist, confirmed in the video that it was his ex-client, saying it had “expressed concern” for her well-being.

‘She sure is. 100 percent,” Neal said Radar Online.

Neal represented Randle about a decade ago and despite receiving requests for her, he has no current contact information for the actress, including an email or phone number for her.

A woman who claimed to have been at the scene when the music video was shot explained the encounter, saying Randle was at Skid Row in Downtown, Los Angeles to help the community. Randle is pictured in 2003

In the video, Randle can be seen talking to locals on the street while wearing a Disneyland sweater, baseball cap, and disposable gloves.

Neal couldn’t say for sure if Randle was homeless or just visiting the area.

A woman who claimed to have been at the scene when the music video was shot explained the encounter, saying Randle was at Skid Row in Downtown, Los Angeles to help the community.

“For the thousandth time, she wasn’t in a wheelchair. She walked on a walker due to a broken femur, and she was downtown helping the Skid Row community,” they explained on Twitter.

“I’m the young lady you hear her talking to in the background, as well as my nephew. People are so rude and always make judgments without knowing the situation.’

Plot details on the sequel have been kept under wraps and it’s unclear why Randle was eventually replaced by actress Tasha Smith (above)

In the first three films of the Bad Boys franchise, Randle played Martin Lawrence’s on-screen wife. But now the role has been recast with actress Tasha Smith taking on the role, reports Variety.

Plot details on the sequel have been kept under wraps, and it’s unclear why Randle was ultimately replaced by Smith.

Will Smith – who was spotted in Atlanta earlier this week filming the sequel – returns as Burnett’s partner, Mike Lowrey.

They are joined by three stars from 2020’s Bad Boys For Life: Vanessa Hudgens (Kelly), Alexander Ludwig (Dorn) and Paola Nunez (Captain Rita Secada).

Randle began her acting career in the 1987 film Maid to Order. She went on to appear in several Spike Lee films, including Girl 6, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Space Jam, all shot in the late 80’s to 2020 .

Both Smith and Lawrence appeared in a video from the set played to CinemaCon attendees in Las Vegas last week, where Smith revealed they had been filming for about four weeks.

Newcomers to the franchise include Eric Dane, who joined the cast in April and is reportedly playing the new villain, with Ioan Gruffudd also signing on.

Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah return to a script by Chris Bremmer (Bad Boys For Life, The Man From Toronto), based on characters created by George Gallo.

Jerry Bruckheimer returns to produce, along with Will Smith through his company Westbrook and Doug Belgrad.

Martin Lawrence, James Lassiter, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Barry Waldman and Jon Mone will also serve as executive producers.

The franchise began in 1995 with Michael Bay’s directorial debut Bad Boys, which opened to $15.2 million en route to $65.8 million domestically and $141.4 million worldwide on a $19 million budget.

That movie — along with 1996’s Independence Day — cemented Smith as a bona fide box office star, though it took several years for the first sequel to move forward.

Bad Boys II was finally released in 2003, with Smith and Lawrence returning and the sequel introducing Syd as Marcus’s sister… whom Mike was secretly dating.

The franchise began in 1995 with Michael Bay’s directorial debut Bad Boys, which opened to $15.2 million en route to $65.8 million domestically and $141.4 million worldwide on a $19 million budget.

While a third film had been discussed for years, it took 17 years for the third film – Bad Boys For Life – to finally see the light of day, which debuted in January 2020, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit cinemas around the world. world closed. .

The sequel – which brought back Smith and Lawrence – debuted with a franchise-best $62.5 million with $206.3 million domestically and $426.5 million worldwide on a budget of $90 million.

Tasha Smith began her career as an actress with roles in The Whole Ten Yards, ATL, Why Did I Get Married, The Longshots, and more, perhaps best known for playing Carol Hardaway on Fox’s Empire, while also branching out as a director.

She has directed episodes of Star, Black Lightning, 9-1-1, Big Sky, BMF and most recently Mayor of Kingstown and Bel-Air.