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He almost quit auditioning, but he did anyway and ended up landing the role. The actor, who lived in New York at that time, was too shaky to get on a plane at that moment. However, the scheduled date was two days after the infamous September 11 attack.

Mekhi Phifer, the actor behind B-Rabbit's 'Uncle Tom' friend Future, was set to fly to Detroit to complete the movie's audition process.

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Proof was also the clear inspiration for Future because he was the organizer of 'rap battles' in the movie just as Proof had done for years in Detroit.

Proof, Eminem's childhood friend, had a part of his semi-autobiographical film known as 8 Mile, which was loosely based on the life of Eminem.

From his second appearance, Future and Jimmy's abusive father, Greg Buehl, said to have been both attended high-school together.

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While Rabbit gets make fun of by Tha Free World for free-styling at the shelter with Cheddar Bob, Future comes in, the crew then leaves, he encourages Rabbit to battle the first 2 members of Tha Free World, Lyckety-Splyt and Lotto, After battling both of them, he hypes him up on the shelter by showing the crowd's support, After the battle with Papa Doc, Future whispers to Rabbit that they should host battles together but Rabbit responds to him with him being the only host, Rabbit then leaves. Future joins in, invites Jimmy to freestyle, and is impressed by his rap skills, but is soon interrupted by Sol.ДЄfterward, Tha Free World crashes the rap battle, Lyckety-Splyt stands on the car, and taunts Jimmy's crew, B-Rabbit responds by making him fall on the car he was on and then a fight ensues, until it was broken up by Wink, Future also assists Rabbit in fighting the crew while he reaches up to it, until Cheddar pulls out Papa Doc's gun, frightening everyone, and is ordered to put it away before killing someone, which Bob does, but as he tucks it into his pants, he shoots himself in the leg, and is rushed to the hospital, where he slowly recovered. His first appearance, Future is seen assisting Jimmy in getting into a battle with Lil' Tic (played by Proof, Eminem's childhood friend) at the shelter, but Rabbit froze during the battle, Following Lil' Tic's freestyle, Rabbit 'chokes' in the battle and leaves, Future made the second appearance on Jimmy's car, he said that he signed him up to another battle, Future was in a car with Jimmy and his friends when they noticed a fight in the middle of a parking lot. During an interview with The Breakfast Club, Phifer discussed what drew him to the film, which also stars Harlem rapper Camron. He would ultimately go on to star in 8 Mile as Future, a character loosely based off of EminemвЂ™s good friend, Proof, In addition to starring alongside Eminem in 8 Mile, Phifer had the opportunity to work with another Hip Hop artist while filming Paid In Full, directed by Charles Stone III. It wasnвЂ™t until Phifer read the script and met Eminem in Detroit, that he began to gain interest in the film.

And I was like вЂNah, IвЂ™m just gonna start the show, man.вЂќ

вЂњ It was interesting because when it first came up I was like вЂIt sounded cheesy.вЂ™ I was like вЂnah.вЂ™ And I was due to start вЂERвЂ™ actually right before the movie started. During an interview with Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club, the Harlem-born actor revealed that when he was first approached about 8 Mile:

Mekhi Phifer played one of the main characters in the 2002 film 8 Mile, but he nearly passed on the role.