Video of Bad Boys actress Theresa Randle at Skid Row in Los Angeles has alarmed fans just days after she was replaced in an upcoming Bad Boys film in a role she had played frequently since the mid-’90s.
In footage posted to Instagram, the actress looked “smaller” than previous sightings and appeared to be seated in a walker.
The pictures come after it was revealed she would not be reprising her role in the latest Bad Boys movie as they had recast her role with another actress.
Roger Neal, Randle’s former manager and publicist, confirmed in the video that it was his ex-client and said it had “raised concerns” for her wellbeing.
“She definitely is. 100 percent,” Neal told RadarOnline.
Neal represented Randle about a decade ago and while he has received inquiries for her, he has no current contact information for the actress, including an email or phone number for her.
A video has surfaced of the above actress Theresa Randle, known for her role in the Bad Boys film series, walking the streets of LA (photo).
A woman who claimed to have been at the scene when the video clip was taken explained the encounter and said Randle was on Skid Row in Downtown, Los Angeles, to help out the community. Randle is pictured in 2003
The video shows Randle chatting to locals on the street, 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 video clip was taken explained the encounter and said Randle was on Skid Row in Downtown, Los Angeles, to help out the community.
“For the thousandth time she was not in a wheelchair. She was on a walker because of a broken femur and she was downtown helping the Skid Row community,” they explained on Twitter.
“I am the young lady you hear her speaking to in the background, and my nephew. People are so rude and always judging without knowing the situation.’
Details of the sequel’s plot have been kept under wraps, and it’s unclear why Randle was ultimately replaced by actress Tasha Smith (above).
Randle played Martin Lawrence’s on-screen wife in the first three films of the Bad Boys series. But now the role has been recast, with actress Tasha Smith taking over the role, reports Variety.
Details of the sequel’s plot have been kept under wraps, and it’s unclear why Randle was ultimately replaced by Smith.
Will Smith – who was spotted filming the sequel in Atlanta earlier this week – will return as Burnett’s partner Mike Lowrey.
They will be joined by three Bad Boys For Life 2020 stars – 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 appeared in several Spike Lee films including Girl 6, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Beverly Hills Cop III and Space Jam, all shot from the late 80’s to 2020.
Both Smith and Lawrence appeared in video from the set that played for attendees at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last week, where Smith revealed they had been shooting for about four weeks.
Newcomers to the franchise include Eric Dane, who joined the cast in April to play the new villain, and Ioan Gruffudd, who is also signed.
Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah return from a screenplay by Chris Bremmer (Bad Boys For Life, The Man From Toronto) based on characters created by George Gallo.
Jerry Bruckheimer returns to co-produce with Will Smith through his company Westbrook and Doug Belgrade.
Martin Lawrence, James Lassiter, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Barry Waldman and Jon Mone will also serve as executive producers.
The franchise started in 1995 with Michael Bay’s directorial debut, Bad Boys, which grossed $15.2 million on its way to $65.8 million domestic and $141.4 million on a budget of $19 million -dollar launched worldwide.
That film — 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 make any headway.
Bad Boys II was finally released in 2003, with Smith and Lawrence returning, and the sequel introduced Syd as Marcus’ sister…who Mike was secretly dating.
The franchise launched in 1995 with Michael Bay’s directorial debut, Bad Boys, which was budgeted at $19 million with $15.2 million en route to $65.8 million domestic and $141.4 million started worldwide
While a third film has been debated for years, it took 17 years for the third film – Bad Boys For Life – to finally see the light of day, debuting in January 2020, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit theaters on the whole 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 cut budget of $90 million -Dollar.
Tasha Smith began her acting career with roles in The Whole Ten Yards, ATL, Why Did I Get Married, The Longshots and more, perhaps best known as Carol Hardaway in Fox’s Empire during she also worked 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.