Casting biopics is hard enough, I’m sure. But it’s particularly hard when they biopic is about contemporary people who are (mostly ) still alive. For example, Oliver Stone has been busy casting his George W. Bush film, W — it looks like Thandie Newton will be playing Condi Rice. And look at all the trouble producers went through to find the perfect Biggie (Jamal Woolard) for the new film, Notorious, for which they also had to cast a pre-op Lil Kim (Naturi Naughton), Puff Daddy before he was Diddy (Derek Luke), and Voletta Wallace (Angela Bassett).

So it got me thinking about today’s celebs and who would star in a movie about their lives if it was made today. Of course, my mind naturally swayed to Jay-Z (it would be a natural spin-off of Notorious) and Beyonce’s saga.

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