Jamie Foxx is risking my ultimate wrath

[stefanwzyga]

I never said I don't have previous acting experience. I said I don't consider myself a professional actor. I've actually done some small time TV and short movie stuff and everyone involved with those projects thought I did a good job. I've been offered movie roles too, but the things I was offered required a minimum of three months filming - which I was unable to commit to at the time due to tours having been planned.

It's an area I'd be interested in moving more into, if I want to take a break from music at any point.

What small time tv shows were you on?

I dont recall you ever mentioning you were also an actor, my bad. Any other hidden talents?

And yeah, for the record I think I could do a better job than him. As Salty said, it's all about knowing enough about someone and their personality to be able to convincingly portray them. I've studied Prince and everything about him for years.

What makes you think Jamie foxx aint studied him for years? Fuck, he coulda been following him all over America in the early eighties for all you know.


Its not all about knowing enough about someone to be able to play them in a movie. I know all about Boxers but it dont mean im an excellant choice to play them in a movie.

 

[goymz]

Yeah Prince is awesome I've always loved him.

 

[Kobe]

I think Jamie Foxx will pull it off. *taps wood*

Always interesting reading your thoughts on Prince and MJ Casey.

 

[Rahim]

if he pulls this off i don't see why they won't let him play 2pac

 

[Bender]

Jamie Foxx looks more like Jimi Hendrix in a Prince garb!

 

[S O F I]

Dave Chappelle should play Prince.

 

[Da_Funk]

Prince should play prince.


Having this come out while he's still breathing is a mind fuck. Can someone please EXPLAIN WHY?

 

[Preach]

Lol at the Tucker as MJ comparison. I'd say that's a little wild, Foxx isn't nowhere near as much of a clown as Tucker.

Movie looks like it could be good. I don't know much about Prince's life and now I'l get a Hollywood-ized run-down of his life which I, in lack of deeper interest, will swallow whole. Doesn't it bother you Casey?

Also, I'm not holding my breath. Let's wait and see if Prince clears this for release before we start anticipating HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Casey]

I doubt they would have even got to the stage of designing a poster and getting Foxx in the outfit if it wasn't legally cleared. Assuming it's real of course.

Word has it that the second pic is definitely photoshopped though.

I need to find the original picture if that's true.

I'm fairly certain the original picture would be from the show that took place at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on November 24th 1984.

 

[Synful*Luv]

What comes along with this wrath?

 

[Rukas]

There shouldnt even be a Prince movie. He's not going anywhere anytime soon and his legacy will continue to expand. They need to stick to making movies about people who have died, or people whose careers have ended at the very least.

 

[S O F I]

^Why?

A good film is a good film.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Pretty much if Prince clears it I don't see why you would dare contradict Prince's authority.

 

[Rukas]

^Why?

A good film is a good film.

The story isnt finished. It's like doing a film with half a screenplay.

There are other people that they should do films about.

They dont have to be dead, but Prince is still being Prince. Like, you can do a film about Michael Jordan's career because he is retired, that chapter is over.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

^I heard he is planning a come-back.

 

[S O F I]

The story isnt finished. It's like doing a film with half a screenplay.

There are other people that they should do films about.

They dont have to be dead, but Prince is still being Prince. Like, you can do a film about Michael Jordan's career because he is retired, that chapter is over.

You can do a film about a period in a person's life. For example, Coco Before Chanel deals with Coco's life just up to her career getting started. Then, there's also a film coming out just about her affair with composer Igor Stravinsky. Although she's dead, the films don't deal with her life but just some of the many chapters of her life. Also, W for example, is a not-so-terrible film about George W. Bush and he's still alive.

I definitely think there's something about making a film about a deceased person because when people die, you look at them through an innocent, reflective lens. But again, a good screenplay is a good screenplay, a good film is a good film, regardless whether the subject is dead or alive. The thing is, when it comes to biographical films, we're just simply used to films about dead people.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Ali stopped before it went into his illness and he's still alive. Is a great movie.

 

[stefanwzyga]

Ali stopped before it went into his illness and he's still alive. Is a great movie.

The only thing it is good for is letting youngsters understand his story.

If anyone wants to know the Muhammad ali story its all captured on film, starring the great man himself.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

The only thing it is good for is letting youngsters understand his story.

If anyone wants to know the Muhammad ali story its all captured on film, starring the great man himself.

Yeah all those private moments between close family members is all captured isn't it? Movies are for entertainment aswell. I agree there is alot of good footage to watch of him, for example I watched the Parkinson interviews lately which was interesting, I have read his memoir. But still I think that movie was really well done.

 

[Casey]

I'd almost suggest that perhaps he is planning to disappear for a while.....but the man IS music, that just wouldn't happen.

I mean he's the most prolific artist of all time before you even consider unreleased material. And the vast majority of everything he's ever done is of an exceedingly high quality. Every place he lives in is completely wired for sound in every room (except the bathrooms probably lolz) so that he can literally record anywhere and he does.

If this is true there's a reason why he's doing it, we just have to figure out what that reason is. I mean word has it that he even filmed some kind of recent biographical movie about himself as recently as 3 years ago, but it never got released. That's only a rumor though.

The amount of archive material is insane. In the "Evening With Kevin Smith" DVD he talks about working for Prince to film one of the celebrations he had at Paisley Park about a decade ago or so.....Kevin was talking to one of Prince's assistants who said that she knew of at least 100 unreleased music videos in the vault, Kevin asked "for which songs?" and she said "They're all for songs that no-one has ever heard".