Unknown to be cast as Notorious B.I.G.

August 10, 2007 The role of Notorious B.I.G. for an upcoming biopic on the rapper will be filled through an open casting call, the film's producers said Thursday. "Notorious," which has been in the works for nearly seven years, will seek its star by auditioning actors and non-actors alike who resemble the rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace. An official announcement of the online casting call will be made Friday by Fox Searchlight Pictures, which in 2005 secured the rights to a film about the slain rapper.

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