CHRIS ROCK - ROCK BLASTS DOCUMENTARY LAWSUIT

ROCK BLASTS DOCUMENTARY LAWSUIT

Funnyman CHRIS ROCK has hit out at the woman suing him for allegedly stealing her hair documentary idea, insisting the only similarity between the projects is the topic.
Regina Kimbell filed a $5 million (£3.5 million) suit earlier this week (begs05Oct09), claiming the inspiration behind Rock's Good Hair film came from her 2005 documentary My Nappy Roots, which she showed the comic on the set of his TV series Everybody Hates Chris in 2007.
Kimbell's film featured celebrities who discussed different hairdos, while Rock's documentary, which premieres in the U.S. on Friday (09Oct09), also features famous names talking about the topic.
Rock admits he viewed My Nappy Roots before he began making Good Hair to ensure the films would not be too similar.
He says, "I called her to see the movie and told her I was doing a movie, so it's not like anybody was hiding it. It's like, 'I'm thinking about doing a movie on hair.' It was really to watch it to make sure I wasn't going to make that movie.
"The only similarity is her movie goes to India and mine goes to India, but I don't even know if she went to India. I think she got footage. That's about it. Her movie is about (hair care entrepreneur Madam) C.J. Walker, histories of hair, men, women… She'll probably be able to sell it now because of Good Hair, but it's not humorous at all.
"If you did two documentaries on George Washington, there'd be some similarities, but they're not the same documentary. We'll see what happens. I guess I'll talk to my lawyers later today."