Jamie Foxx Frank Sinatra Biopic
A biopic based on the life of Frank Sinatra is on its way to the silver screen, but even the guy who “didd it his way” couldn’t have imagined the cast of characters being lined up to possibly play him.
While early reports had entertainers like Justin Timberlake, Harry Connick Jr., and Leo DiCaprio tapped to tackle the part of Sinatra, some Hollywood insiders now believe Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx would do an excellent job of portraying the Rat Packer.
Are we being punk’d?
You read right, ladies and gents. According to The Daily Express, the African-American singer, songwriter, and actor — who won an Academy Award for his big screen portrayal of music legend Ray Charles in the 2004 biopic Ray — is now being seriously considered as the possible lead in the life story of the Italian-American crooner.
Industry insiders believe Foxx was “born to play Sinatra.”
“Cool is color-blind. Jamie would seem to be born to the role.” The source went on: “Magnificent singing voice, totally convincing acting ability, like Frank himself, born the wrong side of the tracks, rags to riches, makes it big against the odds, has his brushes with authority. The guy’s a gift.”
What are your thoughts on this?
Written by Castina on May 17th, 2009 | Tagged as: Jamie Foxx
On May 17th 2009, ONTD wrote:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/35…
read the comments.
On May 18th 2009, justgroovy wrote:
Yeah, and they can get Danny Devito to play Sammy, and Ice-T to play Dino, and Jet Li to play Peter Lawford, and Pink to play Joey Bishop. i swear, these idiots in Hollywood would do anything to waste some investor's money.
On May 18th 2009, Stu and Mabel wrote:
ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR MINDS??????????
This feels completely contrived and disingenuous. It's PC run amock. This will be quite possibly the biggest disaster in Hollywood history. Bonfire of the Vanities, Heaven's Gate, make room on the shelf!
On May 19th 2009, KittyCocoa wrote:
Hollywood is notorious for nutty things, but this one takes the cake!
On May 19th 2009, sunflower wrote:
Scorsese can kiss his Italian membership goodbye!
On May 20th 2009, Nightstranger wrote:
This is a terrible idea, with all the potential Sinatras out there. Foxx may be talented, cool, and a real swinger, but for obvious reasons he's no Frank Sinatra. Somebody's pulling our leg.
On May 23rd 2009, thegreatest wrote:
The mafia will castrate him before they allow that to happen.
On May 23rd 2009, Andy Sword wrote:
If this isn't a joke, it's the Hollywood Jews being more blatant than ever, with their Marxist we're-all-the-same crap.
From the elite's point of view, if they [the public] swallow this horseshit, we know for sure they'll accept any lunatic shit we throw at them. Including government policy.
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On May 24th 2009, potato wrote:
Only anti-semitic mouth-breathers and other problem children don't realize this is a hoax perpetrated by Gawker.com on The Daily Telegraph.