Jamal 'Gravy' Woolard has B.I.G. shoes to fill in the new movie Notorious

Jamal Woolard really had some Big shoes to fill in playing the role of the late rapper the Notorious BIG, and he did just that. He pulled off an excellent performance and took the time to sit down and talk to me about it in this candid 1-on-1 interview with rapper/ actor Jamal 'Gravy' Woolard.


No, that's not the Notorious B.I.G. That's Jamal Woolard, who has just been cast by Fox Searchlight to play him, Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, in the upcoming biopic Notorious. Man, the only possible critique I could come up with is that his eyebrows are a little dark. That's some spot-on casting. They're definitely not Dead Wrong.

Voletta Wallace, Smalls' mom, is happy with the casting as well: "it was Jamal's charming personality, warm spirit, wonderful sense of humor and beautiful smile that won my heart. He is a talented and charismatic actor and I am excited that he will bring Christopher's character to the big screen." Topping that off, Woolard also has the real-life experience to make this pop. THR adds to the press release, explaining that Jamal is a drug-dealer-turned-rapper just like Wallace was.

Under the directorial eye of George Tillman Jr., we've got Woolard as Wallace, Angela Bassett as Voletta, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur. Production begins March 24 in New York.

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[mujaahid123456]

cease looked like he 14 yearold troughout the whole movie!

[hitmancoolio]

I hope he does more movies, he is a really good actor.

[MystesNeedSoul]

Jamal Woolard was like notorious

[TheWop4life]

Jamie Foxx was so much better in Ray. How can you even compare the two?

[max400x]

@XxChAiNsAwXkInGxX they looked different but they had the perfect attitude

[MrLokito82]

LOKITO GRAVY IM DOWN WIT MY BRO FROM LATINO AUSTRALIAN FUCK HATERZ U GOT FANZ IN DOWN UNDER .................

[tweetalotaboyd]

@ozzylaza Cease said that was him when he was younger he hand picked his own actor

[bluemdrapperbaby]

is that really how he talks or is he still in character

[dicesaramaral]

How can i start!!??..well i just knew about BIG over the last 2009 and since then, I cold finally realize how important Christopher Wallace was for the Hip Hop of US..in Brazil we also have cool guys making some music as well...but that s all...cheers for BIG and Pac too...see you...

[jcac1023]

@XxChAiNsAwXkInGxX Biggie and Faith were the only ones that had actors that looked like them. Maybe Kim, too.