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Tracy Morgan in Talks to Play Redd Foxx in Richard Pryor Biopic
Tracy Morgan is in talks to play Redd Foxx opposite Mike Epps in the Richard Pryor biopic for the Weinstein Co. with Lee Daniels directing. “Mr. Foxx, I hope I do you justice!” said Morgan in a statement. “It will be an honor to portray an icon.” Foxx was best known for raunchy comedy “party albums” in the 1950s and 1960s, and starred for six seasons in the sitcom “Sanford and Son” from 1972 to 1977. Pryor broke into the business in the early 1960s and...
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