The year was 1973 and everybody couldn’t wait to go see The Mack in theaters. The movie is now a CLASSIC but the ride to get it made was a long, rocky one according to what the star of the film, Max Julien, and the producer and director of The Mack said. The beloved Richard Pryor was at the center of the conflict and what he did was in true wild Richard Pryor form, so we weren’t necessarily shocked when we heard about this, but it was still entertaining to hear nonetheless.

Here is why Richard almost didn’t even make it into the cast of The Mack, until his good friend, Max, stepped in and pushed for him to be in it, after which, Pryor’s career began to get back on track:

Word on the old school curb is that Richard Pryor urinated on his Caucasian co-actress, Shelley Winters, during filming of their 1968 film, Wild In The Streets. That was Pryor’s first movie and after that, not many in Hollywood actually wanted to work with him.

According to Max Julien, The Mack producer, Harvey Bernhard, absolutely did not want to cast Pryor in the film because of Pryor’s untamed behavior and that infamous urinating incident.

Pryor had become somewhat of an…