Four Brothers Cast Then and Now: Photos and Transformations 20 Year's Later
Looking at the secondary cast illustrates just how sharp Singleton’s casting instincts were. Chiwetel Ejiofor played the terrifying crime boss Victor Sweet, who operated out of a gaudy banquet room while intimidating councilmen and local police officers. At the time, American studio executives still regarded Ejiofor as an art-house British actor. Eight years later, Ejiofor headlined Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, earning an Oscar nomination and establishing himself as an elite dramatic talent of his generation.
Terrence Howard appeared as Lieutenant Green, the conflicted cop who tried to stop the Mercer brothers before they brought total war to the city streets. In 2005, Howard had an extraordinary year, headlining Hustle & Flow (also produced by Singleton) and appearing in the Best Picture winner Crash. He would eventually become a television powerhouse on Fox's smash hit Empire.
Sofia Vergara made a memorable appearance as Sofi, Angel’s loud and tempestuous girlfriend. Her high-octane verbal sparring with Tyrese Gibson offered needed comedic lightness against the freezing gloom of the Detroit winter. A few years later, Vergara signed on to play Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in ABC’s Modern Family, a role that ran for 11 seasons and turned her into one of television's top-earning stars. Her recent critically praised performance in Netflix’s limited crime series Griselda brought her full circle back to hard-edged urban drama.
