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PrintableEddie is hilarious but Richard Pryor? Not sure about that  Cuzzin'... when Spooky say dead, u better say died. | |
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MRGee said: Wow! That would be Great if Eddie plays Pryor. Once I wished it was PRINCE,but PRINCE won't Curse and be Dirty the way Pryor was.
 It's fans like you that give us all a bad name  Prince can't act in his own campy shit, how the hell would he pull off playing one of the most influential comedians of all time??  & Pryor didn't wear eyeliner, Prince would be so pissed    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Harlepolis said: namepeace said: This makes no sense. Richard and Eddie were working at the same time, Eddie's pushing 50, they acted in movies together, and it just feels weird. This may sound strange, but I'd give Marlon Wayans consideration. I think he can act (see Requiem For A Dream). But he may have done one Scary Movie or White Girls too many to be taken seriously. [Edited 2/27/09 12:40pm] Shawn Wayans could be a better choice(for resmeblence reason). Although that woulda been the DEATH of Eddie, losing the role to Shawn  since he can't stand the Wayans.I like the idea of Marlon  Shawn can't act to save his life, he'd ruin the whole damn thing Eddie may be too iconic (& too old now) but hey... I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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MRGee said: Wow! That would be Great if Eddie plays Pryor. Once I wished it was PRINCE,but PRINCE won't Curse and be Dirty the way Pryor was.
[Edited 2/27/09 9:16am]  oh lawd please no... | |
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Hasn't Eddie met his expiration date?
I'm not sure who would play a good Richard Pryor...
Maybe someone new to the business. Shake it til ya make it  | |
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Damon Wayans should play Rich. He had a sketch from n Living Color, perfect. PRINCE: Always and Forever
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maybe... life's a bitch, but god forbid the bitch divorce me...
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Beyonce is going to to play Jennifer Lee. Filming will start after production of "Wonder Woman" is finished.
Naw, just kidding. Let Beyonce' do her thing and let's show her some love. [Edited 2/28/09 1:08am] "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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MRGee said: Wow! That would be Great if Eddie plays Pryor. Once I wished it was PRINCE,but PRINCE won't Curse and be Dirty the way Pryor was.
[Edited 2/27/09 9:16am] what. the. fuck. | |
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Harlepolis said: namepeace said: This makes no sense. Richard and Eddie were working at the same time, Eddie's pushing 50, they acted in movies together, and it just feels weird. This may sound strange, but I'd give Marlon Wayans consideration. I think he can act (see Requiem For A Dream). But he may have done one Scary Movie or White Girls too many to be taken seriously. Shawn Wayans could be a better choice(for resmeblence reason). Although that woulda been the DEATH of Eddie, losing the role to Shawn since he can't stand the Wayans.Eddie is real cool with the Wayans fam. PRINCE: Always and Forever
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Eddie's talented and great at character efforts, but I worry about a contemporary of Richard's doing his biopic. | |
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The best man for the part has already done it.
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carlcranshaw said: The best man for the part has already done it.
Yeah, that was my thought, too. | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: Harlepolis said: Shawn Wayans could be a better choice(for resmeblence reason). Although that woulda been the DEATH of Eddie, losing the role to Shawn since he can't stand the Wayans.Eddie is real cool with the Wayans fam. Yea, did they fall out or something? Keenan was a producer on Raw, I believe... I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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CalhounSq said: LittleBLUECorvette said: Eddie is real cool with the Wayans fam. Yea, did they fall out or something? Keenan was a producer on Raw, I believe...And co-writer. nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: CalhounSq said: Yea, did they fall out or something? Keenan was a producer on Raw, I believe...And co-writer. Naw, they didn't fall out, just don't work together anymore. Both of them were seen together at a premier for some movie a few years back (can't remember the movie.) They were also part of the "Black Pack" a group of young comics that featured also Arsenio Hall, (Eddie's right hand man),Robert Townsend (Keenen's best bud), Paul Mooney. Damon Wayans and Chris Rock. PRINCE: Always and Forever
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LittleBLUECorvette said: MuthaFunka said: And co-writer. Naw, they didn't fall out, just don't work together anymore. Both of them were seen together at a premier for some movie a few years back (can't remember the movie.) They were also part of the "Black Pack" a group of young comics that featured also Arsenio Hall, (Eddie's right hand man),Robert Townsend (Keenen's best bud), Paul Mooney. Damon Wayans and Chris Rock. As far as I knew they all respect one another, I'd never heard anything about Eddie "hating" the Wayans fam  I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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More reports on it:
http://www.blacktalentnew...2222.shtml Eddie Murphy ("Dreamgirls") has reportedly signed up to star as the late, legendary and iconic comedian Richard Pryor in the biopic based on the book, Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?. The film will reunite Murphy with his "Dreamgirls" director, Bill Condon.
Media reports say that Murphy has waived his usual fees to play his idol in the low budget flick, which has a price tag of $25 million. Pryor's career highs and lows, including his well-publicized battles with alcohol and drug addiction and his struggle with multiple sclerosis, will feature heavily in the project. The comedian was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the 1990s and died of cardiac arrest in 2005 at age 65. nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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I don't know, I'm getting a little tired of stars playing other stars--specifically people in the same field. Beyonce is a bigger star than Etta James, Eddie Murphy is also a legendary comedian. People talked about George Benson playing Wes Montgomery or Prince/Andre 3000 playing Jimi.
Why don't they just cast an actor? I think the star power & associations that eddie would bring would only hinder the performance. No doubt he'd do a great impersonation, but is that what you want from him? A movie about R.P. would be serious & tragic at times. I don't think an impersonation is quite right. I wouldn't want to see Dane Cook play Steve Martin or Gwynneth Paltro to play Nicole Kidman either. My Legacy
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NDRU said: I don't know, I'm getting a little tired of stars playing other stars--specifically people in the same field. Beyonce is a bigger star than Etta James, Eddie Murphy is also a legendary comedian. People talked about George Benson playing Wes Montgomery or Prince/Andre 3000 playing Jimi.
Why don't they just cast an actor? I think the star power & associations that eddie would bring would only hinder the performance. No doubt he'd do a great impersonation, but is that what you want from him? A movie about R.P. would be serious & tragic at times. I don't think an impersonation is quite right. I wouldn't want to see Dane Cook play Steve Martin or Gwynneth Paltro to play Nicole Kidman either. Because for certain roles that require musicianship/singing, it's easier to find someone in the industry that already has one of those skills (instrumentation/singing) and can act, whether their acting is average at best (Beyonce) or great (Jamie Foxx). nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: NDRU said: I don't know, I'm getting a little tired of stars playing other stars--specifically people in the same field. Beyonce is a bigger star than Etta James, Eddie Murphy is also a legendary comedian. People talked about George Benson playing Wes Montgomery or Prince/Andre 3000 playing Jimi.
Why don't they just cast an actor? I think the star power & associations that eddie would bring would only hinder the performance. No doubt he'd do a great impersonation, but is that what you want from him? A movie about R.P. would be serious & tragic at times. I don't think an impersonation is quite right. I wouldn't want to see Dane Cook play Steve Martin or Gwynneth Paltro to play Nicole Kidman either. Because for certain roles that require musicianship/singing, it's easier to find someone in the industry that already has one of those skills (instrumentation/singing) and can act, whether their acting is average at best (Beyonce) or great (Jamie Foxx). yeah I can understand why they do it--aside from the commercial appeal of Beyonce for a kind of limited interest subject like Etta James--but I think it's more effective to have something like Forrest Whitaker playing Charlie Parker than to have a sub-par actor (I didn't mention Jamie Foxx because I consider him an actor and he was really good. Since it's not a musical, I think a good actor could pull off performing some of Pryor's material and be a better actor. but they don't pay me to have these opinions...yet! My Legacy
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MuthaFunka said: More reports on it:
http://www.blacktalentnew...2222.shtml Eddie Murphy ("Dreamgirls") has reportedly signed up to star as the late, legendary and iconic comedian Richard Pryor in the biopic based on the book, Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?. The film will reunite Murphy with his "Dreamgirls" director, Bill Condon.
Media reports say that Murphy has waived his usual fees to play his idol in the low budget flick, which has a price tag of $25 million. Pryor's career highs and lows, including his well-publicized battles with alcohol and drug addiction and his struggle with multiple sclerosis, will feature heavily in the project. The comedian was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the 1990s and died of cardiac arrest in 2005 at age 65. Wesley playing James and now Eddie playing Richard darkskinned brothas stand up! [Edited 3/2/09 14:44pm] "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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NDRU said: MuthaFunka said: Because for certain roles that require musicianship/singing, it's easier to find someone in the industry that already has one of those skills (instrumentation/singing) and can act, whether their acting is average at best (Beyonce) or great (Jamie Foxx). yeah I can understand why they do it--aside from the commercial appeal of Beyonce for a kind of limited interest subject like Etta James--but I think it's more effective to have something like Forrest Whitaker playing Charlie Parker than to have a sub-par actor (I didn't mention Jamie Foxx because I consider him an actor and he was really good. Since it's not a musical, I think a good actor could pull off performing some of Pryor's material and be a better actor. but they don't pay me to have these opinions...yet! I can dig that. And fuck it if they don't pay you - SPEAK YA MIND!  nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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bboy87 said: MuthaFunka said: Wesley playing James and now Eddie playing Richard darkskinned brothas stand up!
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MuthaFunka said: bboy87 said: Wesley playing James and now Eddie playing Richard darkskinned brothas stand up!
[Edited 3/2/09 14:44pm] Bring them on.....  | |
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2elijah said: MuthaFunka said: Bring them on.....  nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: 2elijah said: Bring them on.....  | |
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Harlepolis said: I think Eddie could pull a dramatic role but I don't know about this..
Richard couldn't even pull of Richard in his own bio-pic. Might as well give Eddie a shot. He is, after all, an Oscar-nominated actor. | |
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NDRU said: I wouldn't want to see Dane Cook play Steve Martin or Gwynneth Paltro to play Nicole Kidman either. Eddie playing Richard is just too surreal. They don't resemble each other. They're (kind of) contemporaries. There are a lot of talented black actors who could play this role. What about Hill Harper? Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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namepeace said: Marrk said: 
Just plain wrong. Horrible casting. When was Murphy even last funny? last good movie? Bowfinger? Looks nothing like Rich either. I realy hate this idea. for more on this, read the talkbacks here (just click on one of the responses at bottom. Some NSFW. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40260 This makes no sense. Richard and Eddie were working at the same time, Eddie's pushing 50, they acted in movies together, and it just feels weird. This may sound strange, but I'd give Marlon Wayans consideration. I think he can act (see Requiem For A Dream). But he may have done one Scary Movie or White Girls too many to be taken seriously. [Edited 2/27/09 12:40pm] [Edited 2/27/09 13:36pm] Eddie Griffin has mentioned something about becoming close to Richard before he died, and getting a blessing to be connected with a movie version of his life story if it ever came to pass. I might have to go back and look at the stuff he did since his "Dysfunktional Family" stand-up, but I could see a glimmer of something in him that might be able to channel Richard. After Dreamgirls, I can picture Eddie (Murphy) being adept at capturing the drama in Richard's life (growing up in a whorehouse, the freebasing, etc.)...but I'm still skeptical if he coud channel Richard's stand-up persona. I don't know why, but something feels like a piece of the puzzle is missing for him to serve up all the outrageousness and make me believe that I'm watching Pryor onstage. [Edited 3/5/09 0:11am] | |
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