Exclusive: Jamie Foxx, Will Smith Were In Talks For 'Freeway' Rick Ross Role - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV.com
Nick Cannon Set To Play Former Drug Kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross In Upcoming Biopic [Video] - ThisIs50.com
Freeway Ricky Ross has finally settled on an actor to portray him in an upcoming biopic. Nick Cannon is set to play the role of the man who presided over a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in the early 1980's out of Los Angeles.
"I've been wanting him to to play my role since '96," Rick says as he stands next to Nick in a new video announcement. "We got hooked up. I met him, I love his personality."
"We're family now," Nick said. "We're going to get this thing right. However long it takes, the story gotta be told. The real Rick Ross."
"It's time to tell the Story of Cocaine, Contras and America. This is the story of the real Scarface!" Freeway Rick posted on his Facebook page.
UPDATE 3/6
Exclusive: Jamie Foxx, Will Smith Were In Talks For 'Freeway' Rick Ross Role - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV.com
"I spoke to Will Smith about the role. I had a couple meetings with Jamie Foxx about it. Larenz Tate, I was really serious about Larenz," he said. "I spoke to Don Cheadle a couple of times about it. Columbus Short, I really, really liked Columbus Short for the role, but at the end of the day Nick's willing to help me build the project. He's willing to get in the trenches and roll up his sleeves and fight because I still wanna have some control."
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