Mike Epps: Why Does Chris Rock Keep Getting Opportunities?
Mike Epps appeared on the Tom Joyner Show and when Chris Rock’s new movie came up, Epps said he was confused by the title. He told Joyner, “I haven’t seen it. I don’t know why they called it ‘Top Five” there wasn’t one good comedian in the whole movie.”
Looks like Mike Epps was no fan of Chris Rock’s latest comedy. He also claimed confusion over why Chris Rock keeps getting to make movies and claims he knows who to blame. He said, “I don’t know why they keep giving Chris Rock opportunities. He’s a great standup and a good Meerkat. When do these white people – they’re blind. They keep giving the wrong dude opportunities.” Way to go white people.
Epps also talked about playing Richard Pryor in Lee Daniels’ long awaited bio pic. He told Joyner about the responsibility of taking on the role. “I start shooting in March. We’re going to be shooting in L.A. and New York. I’m really, really nervous, but it’s a good nervous. I gotta represent the King. It left me, but it came back. I think I was born to play the brother. Our lives have paralleled in so many ways. I think when you’re a real artist, a great artist, most of them had a problem at some point in their lives. I fight demons all the time. I just think alcohol and drug addiction are hereditary sometimes. We can’t fight it.”
He also compared making a movie about Pryor to making a film about any other important part of black history. He said, “The Richard Pryor will be just as big as Selma or any of the other black history movies. Richard Pryor had almost as strong an effect as Martin Luther King on Black people. He was talking about race. He was talking about cops jumping on Black people back in the day.”
Fans can also catch Mike Epps back on television this year. He said that the Starz comedy series “Survivor’s Remorse” where he appears as Uncle Julius is returning this Spring with the new season due out in March.
