Marcc Rose of 'Straight Outta Compton' to Play Tupac Shakur - Again

From "Straight Outta Compton" he's headed straight into his own full-length feature.

Actor Marcc Rose, who made a brief appearance in the film as Tupac Shakur, says he's collaborating with director John Singleton on a "proper" biopic of the late rapper.

“Hopefully if everything works out we can make it work,” the 23-year-old budding actor tells Yahoo! in a recent interview.

Though Rose only emerges on screen in a blink-of-an-eye, his uncanny resemblance to the late Tupac Shakur is undeniable in the box office hit. He was previously attached to star in a John Singleton-directed movie about the rapper, but followed the filmmaker when he exited the project in April, Yahoo! reports.

At the time Singleton, who directed Shakur in "Poetic Justice" and remains a friend of his family, took to Instagram to slam an unnamed movie studio in a rant, explaining why he parted ways. He wrote: "How you gonna make a movie about a man when you suing his mother to get the rights to tell his story?! They have no true love 4 Pac so this movie will not be made with love! And that's why my a** isn't involved!"

Together, Singleton and Rose are planning on moving forward with a competing Shakur film. Singleton recently posted a photo to his Instagram page with Rose in character as Shakur, captioning the snap: "Our time will come."

“When Singleton exited so did I,” Rose explains to Yahoo! “If the rights to the biopic are returned to Pac’s mom, Afeni Shakur, John Singleton and I will be re-associated with it.”