Turns Out Nick Cannon Was Dead Wrong, and Mike Epps Will Play Richard Pryor in Biopic

After much speculation fueled by Nick Cannon himself that he would be playing the role of Richard Pryor in Lee Daniels’ biopic about the late comedian, things have swerved in a decidedly different direction. Mike Epps, and not Cannon, has been cast in the role of Pryor, with Daniels confirming via Twitter:

Get ready y'all- #MikeEpps as #RichardPryor pic.twitter.com/0sothu7yVB

— lee daniels (@leedanielsent) August 24, 2014

Somewhere, Cannon is softly weeping a furiously working on the script for Drumline 2.

[via UPROXX]