Ice Cube, the film's producer, tells The Hollywood Reporter during the Producer Roundtable, "Seeing it about to fall apart, at many different times," was the most painful part of making Straight Outta Compton. Cube, along with producer Dr. Dre, each brought their distinct power to the project and utilized all of their influence to keep the project together. Yet, "There were dark moments, dark times, where it looked like the movie wasn't going to get made.