Mike Epps Is The Frontrunner To Star In The Richard Pryor Biopic — cinemablend.com

Deadline reports that Mike Epps is the frontrunner to play Richard Pryor in the coming Lee Daniels-directed biopic. Epps reportedly blew Daniels away during auditions held at The Weinstein Company studios, beating out a list of contenders that included Michael B. Jordan, Marlon Wayans and Nick Cannon. Additionally, those actors might have been auditioning with Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, both of whom are frontrunners to play Pryor's widow, Jennifer Lee Pryor.

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