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Jawn Murray of Black Voices has an interview with Derek Luke on his role as Diddy in "Notorious."

What was the process like for you to play Sean Combs in this movie?

The process for me was some of the research and some of the flaws they had. I think talking to Ms. Combs, it felt like I was talking to my mom. She was kind of giving me who he was and the experiences in his life including the loss of his dad which made him more human. I heard more stories about him working for Uptown and under Andre Harrell, getting fired and what his reactions were. It just seemed more human than it was caricature. I watched Diddy on 'Making the Band,' but I don't know who Sean is and I wanted to find out. I had a couple of conversations with him and I wanted to find out why he was interested in thinking that perhaps I was the best person for the job. I didn't want to ask but I did. It just made the pursuit more human in that sense.