Actor Michael K. Williams will star in Ol' Dirty Bastard Biopic [Video]

Michael K. Williams, from the hit TV series The Wire, visited New York's Power 105.1′s The Breakfast Club and talked about his upcoming role in the Ol' Dirty Bastard biopic entitled Dirty White Boy.

Michael tells the morning show...“This is definitely going to be a full-fledged, Hollywood movie. It’s only going to focus on the last two years of his life when he was released from prison up until the day he died.”

The actor also discussed why the film will only focus on the last two years of ODB’s life and some of the issues the late rapper had to deal with like mental illness and getting pulled in different directions by friends and family.

Watch the full interview after the jump...

Williams who was discovered by the late Tupac Shakur, also spoke about portraying “Omar” as well as on Boardwalk Empire. Williams, though best known for The Wire, is a regular (plays “Chalky White”) on Boardwalk Empire and appeared in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road.

The movie based upon the life of the Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard, will be directed by Joaquin Baca-Asay, who previously served as the cinematographer for We Own the Night and Roger Dodger and made the video for Jay-Z's hit "99 Problems."