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Mister Big Stuff
Searching for Biggie's doppelganger
Do you know someone who resembles Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace? Better tell him to hold off on that South Beach diet for a few more weeks.
Fox Searchlight Pictures announced Monday that it will be conducting a nationwide search for candidates to star as the East Coast rap legend in its upcoming production of Notorious, a full-length feature film on the rise and fall of Notorious B.I.G. (which became Wallace's handle after signing to Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in 1994).
Wallace, who grew up on the streets of Brooklyn, was only 24 years old when he died in Los Angeles in 1997, following an armed assault on his SUV as he left an industry party. His death, which followed the fatal shooting of West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur by only six months, solidified the notion of an East Coast/West Coast hip-hop rivalry and changed forever the public perception of rap music.
Biggie's old mentor Combs (who goes by "P. Diddy" these days) is set to executive produce the film along with the rapper's mother, Voletta Wallace. Full audition information is available at www.biggiecasting.com, including a video solicitation from moms. "Size 13 shoes and 230 pounds," Voletta warns, should any pipsqueaks get delusions of grandeur. "Anyone who feels they can fill that shoe and do that swagger and try that lyrical tone, I welcome them. I'm looking for that warm, loving human."
Though "warm" and "loving" aren't exactly the words that leap to mind when one considers Biggie's catalog, we'll just have to take mom's word for it.
Check out the sample scripts on the website and go ahead and supersize that fry order.
Wendy Case is The MOLI View's contributing editor for Arts & Entertainment.
Fox Searchlight Pictures announced Monday that it will be conducting a nationwide search for candidates to star as the East Coast rap legend in its upcoming production of Notorious, a full-length feature film on the rise and fall of Notorious B.I.G. (which became Wallace's handle after signing to Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in 1994).
Wallace, who grew up on the streets of Brooklyn, was only 24 years old when he died in Los Angeles in 1997, following an armed assault on his SUV as he left an industry party. His death, which followed the fatal shooting of West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur by only six months, solidified the notion of an East Coast/West Coast hip-hop rivalry and changed forever the public perception of rap music.
Biggie's old mentor Combs (who goes by "P. Diddy" these days) is set to executive produce the film along with the rapper's mother, Voletta Wallace. Full audition information is available at www.biggiecasting.com, including a video solicitation from moms. "Size 13 shoes and 230 pounds," Voletta warns, should any pipsqueaks get delusions of grandeur. "Anyone who feels they can fill that shoe and do that swagger and try that lyrical tone, I welcome them. I'm looking for that warm, loving human."
Though "warm" and "loving" aren't exactly the words that leap to mind when one considers Biggie's catalog, we'll just have to take mom's word for it.
Check out the sample scripts on the website and go ahead and supersize that fry order.
Wendy Case is The MOLI View's contributing editor for Arts & Entertainment.
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10:17 EDT, 16.Aug.07