And it turns out, that whole process actually led to Chris Rock producing and starring in a very un-Medea project, the Saw spinoff Spiral.
Chris Rock never appeared in one of Tyler Perry’s Madea movies, which makes the connections between the two that much more interesting.
Chris Rock basically created the idea for a Madea film as a joke, and that movie would end up not only becoming a real project but one of the most successful in the franchise.