B.B. King's estate challenges casting of Wendell Pierce in The Thrill is On project - Daily Mail

King's estate has opposed the casting of Wendell Pierce in The Thrill is On, an upcoming docudrama about the influential blues legend, who died at 89 at his Las Vegas home in 2015.

King's estate has opposed the casting of Wendell Pierce in The Thrill is On, an upcoming docudrama about the influential blues legend, who died at 89 at his Las Vegas home in 2015.

Newsmakers: Pierce played Bunk Moreland on The Wire opposite Dominic West.

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