I Love Old School Music spoke exclusively to Chrystale Wilson, best known for her role of “Ronnie” on the classic film, “The Player’s Club” about her work on the film and the truth behind the fight scene with Lisa Raye’s character, “Diamond.” Little did we know, but that fight scene was very intense, and so was the tension between the two of them.

I LOVE OLD SCHOOL MUSIC: What was it working with Lisa Raye?
Chrystale Wilson: We were both young, and we were both stallions out the gate. And what’s funny is that before we both knew for sure that we got that part, she and I totally got along. I just really would go to bat for her, and thought that we would be great friends. When we both got casted and got the part, things were a little different because of her being the star, it was just challenges. A lot of things happened that didn’t need to happen.


ILOSM: Do you think Lisa Raye was intimidated by you back then?
CW: You know, looking back I can probably say that, but being young I couldn’t really see that. I was more concerned about doing a great job, and I’ve just the type of person that when people give me an opportunity, the last thing I want to do is let them down. I’ll work myself to pure exhaustion before someone can say, well damn I’m disappointed. So I couldn’t even get caught up in whatever she was going thru. I was just focused on killing it for the fact that Ice Cube took a chance on me, went to bat for me. I admired Ice Cube so much, that I didn’t get caught up with it.

Details About Their Fight Scene

CW: But there was little stuff, like during the fight scene, she (Lisa Raye) didn’t know that when I came and put my finger in her face, she had no idea that that’s how it would go. Me and Ice Cube had a conversation, and he said I really need you to lead this scene. He said, I know how it’s written, but you tell me what needs to happen to make it really pop. I said well, I don’t want to rehearse it with her. If it’s rehearsed it won’t come of right, so can we just go into the scene? ‘Cause I’m just really gonna invade her space. I’m gonna invade her space to the point where she is not gonna know what’s happening, and she is just going to have to react naturally. Cube was like, “Yeah that’s dope.”

I walked up on her, I put my finger in her face and I was like ‘I run this motherf!*ka’. She wasn’t expecting it and that was a true reaction when she backed up me like, are you f*!king serious? She didn’t know what was coming at her.

Chrystale on the realness of Lisa Raye’s character putting her finger in her face:
If you further look in the movie, and I’m in the dressing room before we had the big fight. She comes in and puts her finger back in my face and by that time we were at odds. And that was real. Everything that I did I was doing it to make it best for the character, and I think she was taking it personally. But I’m like hey it’s not personal. When we clock out we’re buddies. We can chase each other around this bi#*h all day, but when we clock out we cool. But she never got that concept.

One time in particular, we were around the jacuzzi, and she (Lisa Raye) was like, yeah just grab me don’t worry about it, just snatch me. So I did,  I snatched her. And then she turned around and told Ice Cube that I’m snatching her all hard. And I’m like what happened?

So we had glasses of fake champagne on the side of the jacuzzi, and she acted like she was playing and picked up one of the glasses of champagne and threw it at me. Like threw the champagne at me. And I”m like, are you for real?

And I came out of the jacuzzi to go over to her, and she (Lisa Raye) was like “Ey, Ey…no horsing around here, cut that out.” And I remember catching myself, cause it could have gotten ugly. So I had to catch myself.

Fast forwarding to now, and it all seems to be water under the bridge for both ladies now. Chrystale even said she thinks Lisa Raye is a “beautiful woman, she’s a hustler. She knows how to take a situation and really ride it and get every single opportunity out of it. And that is a quality that I admire.”

Cudos to Chrystale! We wish her continued success. And remember to pick up a copy of her pretty explicit book, Sexipes: Sexcapades & Recipes!

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If there’s one thing we love about actress, Monica Calhoun (besides her acting skills) it’s her willingness to share the special bond she has with her special needs son on social media.

The 50-year-old Players Club and The Best Man veteran is teaching her fans a lot, by simply allowing her thousands of online followers to gain greater insight into who she is as a mother, and also who her 21-year-old son is as a young man. She shares countless posts of herself chillin’ with her son – who happens to be blind – and one of her post truly stole many hearts.

Monica Calhoun Guides Her Son Through Water…The Bond Is Beautiful

In 2018, Monica shared video footage of her and her son having a beautiful bonding moment in a swimming pool. She was apparently teaching him how to float on his back. The most touching factor in all of this, is that the level of pure, unconditional trust he has in his mother -that he knows she will always have his back- shines through in the way he’s at complete comfort in her arms. Peep their ‘fun-in-the-sun-day’ below:

 

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Of course, Monica’s fans fell in love with her and her son’s unwavering bond all over again, after viewing their swimming video:

bessie_daug****: “There is no greater bond than the bond between mother and child ”

strategyg****: “That’s what you call love right there sis ✊”

quorrie_me****: “You are so dope, God blessed you with an angel of his very own to love “

Former “227” and “The Parkers” actress, Countess Vaughn, also chimed in:

countessdvaughn- “Yes yes she is a great mom ‍♂️”

 

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From the outside looking in, it’s easy to view Monica as “strong” for the way she helps her son. To Monica though, she probably views her strength as simply being a mother who loves her child unconditionally. What many may also find interesting, is Monica’s ability- as a person with eyesight- to so effortlessly relate to her son without his eyesight. That’s partially because having a close loved one who’s also blind, is nothing new for Monica. She’s grown up with it her entire life. In case you missed our prior report about her brother, see details below.

What Her Son’s & Brother’s Blindness Taught Her About Life

Like her son, Monica’s brother is also blind. In a previous interview with Smartalecmusic, Monica spoke of how she was affected by growing up with her younger brother, Eric, who was born blind.

Monica Calhoun: “The way I grew up is just a little bit different than everybody else, because my brother was born blind. So my perception on the world and things is just a little bit different. … My compassion and my sensitivity are heightened because of my brother’s blindness…and spending a lot of time with him. And you know, teaching him things that I’ve learned…and then vice versa somewhat. Me spending time with him at his programs…like ‘The Braille Institute’…just different little things. So I got a chance to experience life on a different level. Patience in watching these people that volunteer to work with children that have some sort of impairment..to teach them how to water ski or whatever the activity was.” [Monica says she learned how to have that same type of patience].”

We’re not sure if Monica’s son and brother’s blindness is just a coincidence, or if it stems from some type of a hereditable condition. But what’s truly amazing, is that all the while, Monica was learning to see the world through a different lens as a kid, she was being fully prepared for her gift- her son- and didn’t even know it.

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I Love Old School Music spoke exclusively to Chrystale Wilson, best known for her role of “Ronnie” on the classic film, “The Player’s Club” about her work on the film and the truth behind the fight scene with Lisa Raye’s character, “Diamond.” Little did we know, but that fight scene was very intense, and so was the tension between the two of them.

I LOVE OLD SCHOOL MUSIC: What was it working with Lisa Raye?
Chrystale Wilson: We were both young, and we were both stallions out the gate. And what’s funny is that before we both knew for sure that we got that part, she and I totally got along. I just really would go to bat for her, and thought that we would be great friends. When we both got casted and got the part, things were a little different because of her being the star, it was just challenges. A lot of things happened that didn’t need to happen.


ILOSM: Do you think Lisa Raye was intimidated by you back then?
CW: You know, looking back I can probably say that, but being young I couldn’t really see that. I was more concerned about doing a great job, and I’ve just the type of person that when people give me an opportunity, the last thing I want to do is let them down. I’ll work myself to pure exhaustion before someone can say, well damn I’m disappointed. So I couldn’t even get caught up in whatever she was going thru. I was just focused on killing it for the fact that Ice Cube took a chance on me, went to bat for me. I admired Ice Cube so much, that I didn’t get caught up with it.

Details About Their Fight Scene

CW: But there was little stuff, like during the fight scene, she (Lisa Raye) didn’t know that when I came and put my finger in her face, she had no idea that that’s how it would go. Me and Ice Cube had a conversation, and he said I really need you to lead this scene. He said, I know how it’s written, but you tell me what needs to happen to make it really pop. I said well, I don’t want to rehearse it with her. If it’s rehearsed it won’t come of right, so can we just go into the scene? ‘Cause I’m just really gonna invade her space. I’m gonna invade her space to the point where she is not gonna know what’s happening, and she is just going to have to react naturally. Cube was like, “Yeah that’s dope.”

I walked up on her, I put my finger in her face and I was like ‘I run this motherf!*ka’. She wasn’t expecting it and that was a true reaction when she backed up me like, are you f*!king serious? She didn’t know what was coming at her.

Chrystale on the realness of Lisa Raye’s character putting her finger in her face:
If you further look in the movie, and I’m in the dressing room before we had the big fight. She comes in and puts her finger back in my face and by that time we were at odds. And that was real. Everything that I did I was doing it to make it best for the character, and I think she was taking it personally. But I’m like hey it’s not personal. When we clock out we’re buddies. We can chase each other around this bi#*h all day, but when we clock out we cool. But she never got that concept.

One time in particular, we were around the jacuzzi, and she (Lisa Raye) was like, yeah just grab me don’t worry about it, just snatch me. So I did,  I snatched her. And then she turned around and told Ice Cube that I’m snatching her all hard. And I’m like what happened?

So we had glasses of fake champagne on the side of the jacuzzi, and she acted like she was playing and picked up one of the glasses of champagne and threw it at me. Like threw the champagne at me. And I”m like, are you for real?

And I came out of the jacuzzi to go over to her, and she (Lisa Raye) was like “Ey, Ey…no horsing around here, cut that out.” And I remember catching myself, cause it could have gotten ugly. So I had to catch myself.

Fast forwarding to now, and it all seems to be water under the bridge for both ladies now. Chrystale even said she thinks Lisa Raye is a “beautiful woman, she’s a hustler. She knows how to take a situation and really ride it and get every single opportunity out of it. And that is a quality that I admire.”

Cudos to Chrystale! We wish her continued success. And remember to pick up a copy of her pretty explicit book, Sexipes: Sexcapades & Recipes!

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“Ronnie” was one of the most rawest characters in the film- she had ongoing beef with “Diamond” (Lisa Raye) and “Ronnie’s” classic, most villainous line was when she told “Ebony” (Monica Calhoun) that “In this business, closed legs don’t get fed.” One of the most hilarious scenes was when she did a strip show for a room full of police officers and spanked a Caucasian cop until he yelled “I’m Black and I’m proud.” After that, “Ronnie” went down in history as one of the Queen B’s of the 90’s film era.

“Ronnie” represented that gutter, gritty side of the strip game and she was super sexy, but was hardened on the inside and used her sexuality to hustle.
Chrystale played that character so well, that for years there were rumors that Ice Cube actually discovered her in a strip club, but she said that was 100% FALSE and that she worked hard to show her acting skills to land the part as “Ronnie.” See what Chrystale explained here:

“You know, it makes for a good story. People try to say ‘Oh well Ice Cube discovered her in the strip club.’ That’s not true, that’s not what happened. Actually I was working at a law firm and then I was working on a part time basis at an art gallery. So I wasn’t in the strip club. However, I have several friends that dance, I have several relationships with people who work in the strip clubs because in Atlanta [her hometown] that hasn’t been taboo to us for a long, long time. That was just like a nightclub we would just go to that had some of the best food late at night. So I wasn’t a stranger to it,” says Chrystale.  (via Big Mouth Magazine)

Over the years, many people have been wondering ‘Whatever happened to ol’ girl from The Player’s Club?’ Well if you missed the smaller independent films she’s starred in, you may have probably missed her altogether. So here is a quick rundown of what Chrystale’s doing now and she is still looking GOOD. Check her out on the next page…

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