Summary
Overview
The hosts of 'How Did This Get Made' dive into Leprechaun in the Hood, the fifth installment in the Leprechaun franchise. Joined by guest Kumail Nanjiani, they dissect this 2000 horror-comedy featuring Ice-T as a record producer who imprisoned a leprechaun decades ago, only to have three aspiring rappers accidentally free the creature while stealing a magical flute. The conversation highlights the film's bizarre logic, offensive stereotypes, inconsistent supernatural powers, and surprisingly dark ending.
Introduction and Movie Premise
The episode opens with the hosts welcoming Kumail Nanjiani, a horror movie enthusiast, to discuss Leprechaun in the Hood. They establish that this is the fifth of six Leprechaun films, with a confusing chronology where films 5 and 6 actually serve as prequels to earlier installments. The basic premise involves wannabe rapper Postmaster P and his crew accidentally freeing a leprechaun imprisoned by Ice-T's character, Mac Daddy Onassis, leading to a violent pursuit over a magical flute with mind-control capabilities.
- Leprechaun in the Hood is the fifth of six Leprechaun films, chronologically serving as a prequel to earlier movies
- The film follows three rappers who free a leprechaun imprisoned by Ice-T 20 years earlier
- The central MacGuffin is a magical flute with mind-altering capabilities
" Wannabe Los Angeles rap artist Postmaster P. It's already amazing. Who is a rapper who delivers a positive message. That's why Postmaster Pete, delivering message of positivity. "
" Watching this movie, I felt racist just by watching it. Oh, jeez. It's so racist. I think the conceit of the actual movie is rap music is so bad, and no one would ever listen to it unless they were hypnotized by a magical leprechaun flute. "
Warwick Davis's Career and Future Leprechaun Films
The hosts briefly compare Warwick Davis's career trajectory to Peter Dinklage's, noting the stark contrast between Emmy-winning prestige work and repeatedly playing a rhyming, riddle-asking leprechaun who gets set on fire. They mention that Davis wants to make Leprechaun 7 and that multiple scripts exist, though no one is currently willing to produce it.
- Warwick Davis and Peter Dinklage represent vastly different career paths for little person actors
- Warwick Davis wants to make Leprechaun 7 and multiple scripts exist
" If you think of the two most popular little person actors, it's Warwick Davis and Peter Dinklage, and their careers could not be more different. Yeah. Peter Dinklage, Emmy Award winning actor. Station agent. Warwick Davis has a lot of dialogue that rhymes in his movies. He's always asking riddles in his movies. Val Kilmer has carried him on his back. He gets set on fire a lot. "
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