What could be the biggest piece of colour-blind casting in Hollywood history, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is tipped to play music legend Frank Sinatra in the upcoming Martin Scorsese helmed biopic, just recently greenlit.
Other actors supposedly up for the highly sought after role include singer turned actor Harry Connick Jr and frequent Scorsese collaborator Leonardo Di Caprio. Foxx, 41, most famously known for his Oscar winning role as music genius Ray Charles in Ray, is being called the perfect bit of casting.
Playing Ray Charles might not have been that much of a stretch for the multi talented star, but Ol' Blue Eyes? Seriously! Let's get real for a second and acknowledge the elephant in the room. He's black. Sinatra was white. Wow! I'm just dropping truth bombs everywhere, aren't i?!? Perhaps the black-face Robert Downey Jr role in Tropic Thunder had some serious effect on those Hollywood honcho power meetings.
I can only guess who'll be cast as the members of the Rat Pack, and other members of the famous Sinatra clan. In fact, I'll goes as far as predicting here and now that Halle Berry will play Nancy Sinatra, Eminem will play Sammy Davis Jr and Beyonce will play Mia Farrow. With the Foxx casting, it almost sounds credible (certainly consistent).
Articles have been surfacing all over the internet within the last couple of days, prompting a gossip-rumour frenzy. "Are we being punk'd?" one site ponders. Is this just another prank? Or is it seemingly legit, just like our friend Joaquin's hip hop career? We'll soon find out enough.