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Jamal "Gravy" Woolard, who made headlines ... [Casting Couch]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
... B.I.G. in Notorious, the Biggie Smalls biopic scheduled to hit theaters in 2009; the movie will also feature Angela Bassett as Biggie's mother, Voletta Wallace. According to Nah Right, Gravy has been at the front of the casting line since the Hot 97 incident, so all those open casting calls that even got the New York Times interested may have been nothing more than publicity stunts to drum up excitement about the movie. [MissInfo.TV / Nah Right]
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The Role of Notorious B.I.G. to Be Played by That Guy Who Got Shot in the Ass
Vulture —
... in the forthcoming Fox Searchlight biopic Notorious. Woolard, a non-actor, is probably best known as the guy who got shot in the ass near radio station Hot 97 in 2006 but went upstairs and gave an interview on the Funkmaster Flex show anyway. As Nah Right and ...
When Was Jamal Woolard Cast As Notorious B.I.G.?
Vulture —
... that Jamal Woolard, the actor who eventually won the part — and was not part of the casting call — was "under consideration" for the role in November and "quietly being groomed" before he was officially picked ("We set up a boot camp for three months just for him," says Tillman). Like Nah Right pointed out recently, though, Woolard was actually rumored to playing Biggie as far back as two years ago. In May of 2006, he told MTV News he'd ...
