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Special s Ryan O Connell reveals that ridiculous Lil Kim scene was almost very different How Many Licks? almost didn t make it on screen. 23/05/2021
Special s second season dropped on Netflix earlier this week and, if you ve already binged your way through it, you ll be very familiar with that already iconic Lil Kim scene.
The new season of
Special, which stars creator and writer Ryan O Connell as Ryan Hayes, a gay man with cerebral palsy, features an incredible scene in which a slower, sad version of rapper Lil Kim s very NSFW song, How Many Licks? is performed on stage by Ryan and his friend Kim Laghari (Punam Patel).
Exclusive: Special star says *that* Lil Kim scene was almost very different
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Punam Patel may be a brown, curvy woman on the surface, but fans of her character Kim on Netflix s short-form comedy
Special see her as a woman with a tender heart and the roar of a lion.
Special, which returned for its second (and final) season on May 20, is the semi-autobiographical story of a disabled gay man – played by creator/writer Ryan O Connell – who is trying to live an independent life. Patel plays his fashion-forward, body-positive best friend at work.
In the second season, echoes of Patel s personal life and childhood can be seen in Kim s storyline.