Diddy Says He's Impressed With Actors Playing Himself, Notorious B.I.G. In ...

Mirror Image??
Bossip.com — ... playing Diddy. ‘People asked me years ago who you’d want to play me, and I said Derek Luke … so it was just destined. I got to see him do his thing, and it was scary for me. I had to leave, ’cause he was acting just like me.’” We bet it must’ve been bizzare watching a more attractive version of himself on the big screen. Maybe this will make him think twice about that “Black Bruce Willis” endeavor. Source

I’m Just Saying . . .
[CRUNK + DISORDERLY] Immature Media Lives Here! — ... rare that you get a movie made about you when you’re still relevant, but [they] took on the challenge,” Combs said of the cast, adding that he was especially impressed with actor Derek Luke, who is playing Diddy. “People asked me years ago who you’d want to play me, and I said Derek Luke … so it was just destined. I got to see him do his thing, and it was scary for me. I had to leave, ’cause he was acting just like me.” [source] ...

Diddy approves of "Notorious" cast
WoooHa.com — ... In a recent interview, Diddy told MTV that he fully approves of the casting decisions from the Biggy biopic Notorious. "People asked me years ago who you'd want to play me, and I said Derek Luke ... I got to see him do his thing, and it was scary for me. I had to leave, 'cause he was acting just like me." And what does Diddy think of Gravy as Biggy? "Gravy's killing it. If I tell you he's killing it, then that's all we need to say..." Of course Diddy is an exec producer on the movie who had casting input and approvals. ...

What Does Our Hip-Hop Brain Trust Think Of The ‘Notorious’ Trailer?
MTV Movies Blog — ... several months back, if Derrick “D-Dot” Angeletti and Diddy hadn’t given me a personal co-sign of the film, and if the movie weren’t being spearheaded in part by Big’s managers Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts, I might have been very nervous about pressing the play button today. ...