Jesus, Nixon, Gandhi, Hitler: All Easier to Cast Than Biggie
Fox Searchlight apparently is desperate to find its Notorious B.I.G., because the movie studio is not only still collecting audition tapes from would-be Biggie Smalls and testing out actual rappers, it’s also holding an “in-person casting call” at 10 a.m. on Saturday in Manhattan.
This begs the question: Why not scrap the plan for a flesh-and-blood actor to play the lead in Notorious, and simply go with computer animation? I mean, if fuckin’ Beowulf can be animated, why not Biggie?
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October 4th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
I don’t understand why they don’t just cast GUERILLA BLACK AND BE DONE WITH IT ALREADY! The man made an entire career out of being a Biggie doppelganger. Sure, it was a short-lived career, but still.
October 4th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I suspect that Guerilla Black can’t act his way out of a donut bag.
October 4th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Side Note: I was always pissed that Guerilla Black, of all people, got to use the “Stalag” riddim on that “Compton” song:
http://www.jamrid.com/RiddimDetail.php?ID=87
And I hope Beenie Man is ashamed of himself for that cameo. Then again, does Beenie Man have any shame?
October 5th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
By the time I’m Not There opens, they’ll have their answer…Cate Blanchett.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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