Wed 6 Feb 2008
From “The Wire” to the ‘Stuy: Jamie Hector already cast in the Biggie biopic?
Posted by Miss Info under quotes[13] Comments
So the best part of this month’s Vibe Magazine, no disrespect to Bob and Curtis and their cutaway collars and wide-knot ties, was a juicy nugget tucked in the flip-over 2008 hot list….folded into a short profile of actor Jamie Hector…..breezily noted in a line about Hector’s future projects.
“He’ll also play Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace’s childhood friend Damien “D-Roc” Butler in the upcoming Biggie biopic Notorious (Fox Searchlight, 2009).”
WHA?! HUH?! That’s an interesting development to me……1) because now I wonder who else has been cast. 2) because it means that rather than go with physical matches to the real-life counterparts, the filmmakers seem to be going for something else. 3) Having known D-Roc (hold your head, D) for many years, I’m very interested to see how Jamie Hector handles the role. Where Jamie seems to excel at silence and subtlety, D-Roc is a big guy with a big personality.
I wonder if Jamie was hand-picked by D-Roc after he provided the narration for D-Roc’s recent Life After Death DVD? I think D is still incarcerated but maybe he expressed a preference to Ms. Wallace and Wayne Barrow, who are the executive producers of that Biggie movie.
(D-Roc is the guy on the right with the glasses.)
February 6th, 2008 at 9:50 am
wut up miss info you should do a blog on big pun the first latin rapper to go plat since he died around this time in earley 2000,just cause he died from being over weight and not being shot doesnt mean he dident have skillz,yal should pick up the dead homeys 2 cds just out of respect.big up to the rican cats holding it down ,it was once said that blacks and rican started hip hop in ny back in 1978!! gotta give props to the spanish cats ,anyone know when fat joes album droping??? that we want wAr song is killing it in the streets,plus when is jadakiss droping???? as for the biggie movie cant wait to se it and i bet the sound track will be nuts.lets see what else ahh thats it, oh by the way is their a way to make these 15 and 17 year olds make them stop dressing like its 1980. that time was ours from age 26 and beon,their trying to steal our time.make your own time,i did that already not saying you cant learn about it but how you gonna dress like its 1980 and not know about any old school rappers??? thats called a poser.how you gonna dress like its 1980 and listen too soulja boy??? ages 12 thew 24 killed hip hop no doubt. peace missinfo ur still looking hott you and angie mar,haa peace.
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February 6th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
i think it has to be lil cease because he was biggies best childhood friend
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February 6th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I watched episode 6 last night, weird, it came out a day earlier.
Any idea who will be playing Biggie? Whoever it is, he will make or break this film. I hope no one will be playing themselves…*ahem* Diddy.
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February 6th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I have the feeling that this Movie will not live up to the hype. If you cant do this movie right then please dont do it at all.
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February 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
i wonder whose playing Lil Kim
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February 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
@aGe I think Lil Cease can play himself.He’s still short, black and talentless.
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February 6th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
….um…that’s interesting. As long as the Biggie movie is done well, I don’t care. Jamie creeps me out simply because of Marlo, but I hear he’s actually really nice. Well, I also heard he’s gay, but that’s none of my business. He got a role on the next season of Heroes too as some guy named Benjamin…probably a villian.
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February 6th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
R.I.P Big Pun, but the space could be used for a rapper who matters now! A platinum record doesn’t make you worthy of an article. Besides, this blog was about Jamie Hector, not Big Pun.
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February 7th, 2008 at 3:00 am
I think D-Roc’s wife April Maiya directed the DVD and casted Jamie as the narrator and they liked him for the movie. It’s a good choice because Jamie is a good actor, at least they aren’t casting rappers to act! I really hope the movie does B.I.G. and NY justice!
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February 7th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I hope it makes the LAPD look like the POS they really are!!
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February 7th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
@ #5,they had this thing in xxl a while back where they playfully picked people for the roles.they said lil’kim should be played by that short chubby blond girl from that show on b.e.t with monique,lil’cease should be played by aries spears and jay-z should be played by rob stapleton.i think they’re on to something.
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February 8th, 2008 at 3:24 am
This dudes gonna have to eat a LOTTA cheeseburgers to fit those shoes, LMAO. Id love to do that, but sadly Id look pretty dumb considering Im white and Australian. Cant wait for the movie but we’ll no doubt have to wait the usual delay before it comes down under. I want a worldwide release dammit!!! Im positively chomping for the Juice Crew flick as well. And the new batman. RIP Heath.
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February 8th, 2008 at 3:26 am
damn I need to learn to read, he’s playing d-roc, duh.
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