‘Cicada’ movie star’s real-life, pre-production shooting was added to script

Buzzy new indie movie “Cicada” has gotten glowing reviews, and features established name Colbie Smulders, “Saturday Night Live” comic Bowen Yang and “30 Rock” actor Scott Adsit. But the movie, starring Matthew Fifer and Sheldon D. Brown, was changed shortly before production when Brown — who’d already been cast — was shot in a drive-by shooting and the aftermath of the traumatic incident was written into the script. The movie, focusing on a queer, interracial love story, was written by Fifer and initially only dealt with his autobiographical tale. But then Brown was hit by a stray bullet in Chicago,… Read Full Article