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Eddie Murphy will still take part in the movie dedicated to the famous American comedian Richard Pryor. According to The Wrap, the actor got the role of Leroy, Pryor's father, a World War II veteran and a well-known boxer at the time.

The comedian will be played by Mike Epps, familiar to the audience from the movie "The Hangover in Vegas", and the role of the actor's wife Jennifer will be performed by Kate Hudson. Oprah Winfrey will also take part in the project, who will be reincarnated as the grandmother of Richard Pryor.

Recall that in 2009 Murphy planned to play the main role in this biopic, but due to a conflict with Paramount studio, he refused to participate in it. The project was frozen until mid-2014 when it had a new director, Lee Daniels. The shooting and rental schedules of the movie are not specified.

Richard Pryor has starred in such famous movies as "Rampaging", "Toy", "Superman 3" and many others. But the real fame came to the actor after participating in the comedies "I See Nothing, I Hear Nothing" and "Brewster's Millions". The latter became a remake of the movie released in 1945.

In 1989, Pryor starred in Eddie Murphy's directorial debut, Harlem Nights. The movie received mixed reviews from critics and audiences.

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