Per The Cut, the role ended up going to Shareeka Epps. “After Akeelah and the Bee, they didn’t think it was good for me to play a drug dealer,” she said.
Pubescent Drey (the natural and engaging Shareeka Epps) is the lonely kid of a single working mother. The older brother she adores is in prison, and the glib, handsome drug dealer (Anthony Mackie ...