Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
Imprisoned Detroit drug dealer Richard Wershe Jr. says he's very happy that famed actor Matthew McConaughey is going to star in a movie about his life titled "White Boy Rick."
"He's just an outstanding actor," Wershe tells WDIV's Kevin Dietz. "He's great. I couldn't have asked for a better person to be the lead in the movie about me, and, you know, to play my father."
"Now that you have someone like him -- a major Hollywood star -- I think people will take more time and really look into the facts and do some fact-finding of their own."
Wershe, 47, was first arrested at age 17 and was sentenced to life in prison at 18. The Michigan Parole Board has repeatedly rejected his requests, and now he hopes the movie will help free him.
It's expected to be shot in Detroit and Cleveland.
