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‘The Greatest’: Omari Hardwick & Dana Gourrier To Play Muhammad Ali’s Parents In Amazon Series

Omari Hardwick and Dana Gourrier have been cast as leads opposite Jaalen Best in The Greatest, Prime Video's limited series about Muhammad Ali.

Omari Hardwick and Dana Gourrier (inset) Cassius and Odessa Clay parents of boxer Muhammad AliCourtesy/Tamica Lee/AP Photo Omari Hardwick( Power) and Dana Gourrier( P-Valley) have been cast as leads opposite Jaalen Best in The Greatest, Prime Video’s limited series about the life of Muhammad Ali, from executive producer Michael B. Jordan and executive producer/showrunner Ben Watkins. The Greatest is produced by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, which has an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal Music Group partner, and Grace: A Storytelling Company. Watkins, Jordan and Outlier Society president Elizabeth Raposo executive produce alongside Ali’s widow, Lonnie Ali, Authentic Brand Group’s Corey Salter, Marc Rosen and Matthew Gross, Roc Nation, Michele Anthony, and Boyd Muir.

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