American rapper and business mogul 50 Cent had revealed his plans to work on a series about jailed Nigerian scammer Abbas Ramon better known as Hushpuppi.

After sharing the update on his social media timeline, some Nollywood stars expressed interest in the series, with actress Uche Jumbo urging 50 Cent to pick a Nigerian actor to play Hushpuppi’s role.

Legit.ng came up with a poll of Nollywood actors that included Jim Iyke, Stan Nze, and Charles Okocha as fans were asked to vote for the Nollywood star they believe would perfectly play the role of Hushpuppi in the series.

An outcome from the poll showed veteran actor Jim Iyke is fans' favourite to play Hushpuppi’s role perfectly as he amassed over 65 per cent of the votes.

Jim Iyke was followed closely by Charles Okocha with more than 15 per cent of the votes, while Stan Eze had the least votes.

Here are other actors' names fans mentioned

adebusuyidamil6: "Hanks Anuku."

dasilva_abayomi: "Deyemi okanlawon."

latifbakare: "We have nino."

richieedet: "Hanks anuku, Van vicker, Zubby Mike, Chidi mokeme, Saint Obi etc."

See the poll result below:

What Nollywood star would perfectly play the role of 'Hushpuppi' in a movie?#legitng #legitposts #nollywood #legitpolls

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