There’s no one quite like Snoop Dogg. He is a man who marches to the beat of his own drummer, and one of the few people who can maintain a mainstream career in music and acting while also being a porn producer – and of course giving the world his own unique, fizzle-dizzle take on the English language.
Now he’s planning what should be his most challenging acting role yet, as Deadline reports that he’s set to play the title role in The Legend of Fillmore Slim, a film that bring together Snoops loves of music and being a pimp. The biopic revolves around Slim, who started out as a musician in the 1950s, but was lured away by the pimp game during the 1960s and 1970s. He was well known in San Francisco, going by such colorful nicknames as ‘The West Coast Godfather of the Game’ and ‘The Pope of Pimping’. He eventually returned to music in the 1980s, and is currently touring.
It’s a great fit for Snoop, who sometimes seems a bit stilted as an actor, but is actually pretty good if he’s just allowed to play himself, which he should be able to do with this film. Hawthorne James is set to direct, with filming starting next March.