Oprah Winfrey’s been cast to play Richard Pryor’s grandmother
— a cruel and abusive lady pimp — in the upcoming biopic directed by O’s pal Lee Daniels.
Pryor’s widow, Jennifer, tells TMZ … Oprah got hold of the script, and was desperate to play Marie Carter — the woman who raised Pryor in her brothel in Peoria, Illinois .
Mike Epps beat out Nick Cannon for the role as Pryor.
Nick Cannon as Richard Pryor in Biopic
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3BbUYA37M
Dino Simmons she played that butler role a lil too good. I think she was there before
Dionna White right!
So did Mike Epps get it Kingsmen White? Andrae that why they hav make up an I believe mike could really pull it off..hes well riunded an steal scenes in others movie..cant wait lol
some folks on twitter are saying Nick is the best man for the role
Hecks yeah! She will definitely pull it of Kingsmen White! I loved her in ‘The Butler’
Dino Simmons I can’t wait to see Oprah play this pimp role
Mike can do it, he’ll be more believable in the role and he also had a drug addiction like Richard, pain to draw from!
I think Mike can pull it off if he loses his actual Indiana accent that he has. I see Nick playing it too due to his Richard Pryor impressions, but Nick isn’t loved as much by the black community. Nick is cool to me though. Smart business man.
Nick was cool in Drumline that’s the only movie I’ve seen him in
Man nick cannon ass only funny to white america!! Gtfoh!!!!!!