Oprah posted this picture with director Lee Daniels and actor/comedian Mike Epps on Instagram and confirmed that she will play Richard Pryor’s Grandmother in the highly anticipated biopic chronicling the life legendary comedian and actor Richard Pryor.
Richard Pryor often spoke in interviews about being raised in a brothel in Peoria, Illinois by his grandmother Marie Carter. Pryor described his grandmother as a cruel and abusive Madam.
According to TMZ reports:
Jennifer Pryor, the comedian’s widow, stated that “Oprah got hold of the script, and was desperate to play Marie Carter”.
Other sources have reported that Oprah is looking forward to portraying another gritty and dark character after her much talked about performance in Lee Daniel’s ‘Butler’.
