Comments on: Spike Lee To Direct James Brown Biopic

By: gwz

gwz — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:42:14 +0000

its gonna be Wesley “In From The Cold” Snipes. It is written.

By: whachcalya'

whachcalya' — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:49:51 +0000

That is a good thought for Wayne Brady to play James Brown…he has the talent and the moves.
If Michael Jackson was not so light he could of played him..I do not know any makeup will make him darker to play James Brown. Maybe MJ will think about the offer…that’s if he turns his skin color to dark brown..what do you think?

By: RRR

RRR — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:02:20 +0000

Prince.

By: Henri

Henri — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:49:08 +0000

The only character who I think would do a hell of a performance as James Brown would have to be Wayne Brady. He has the look, definitley talented and a pretty good performer. Spike can’t get any closer to that.

By: Angelo Williams

Angelo Williams — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:51:44 +0000

No offense to Eddie Murphy i like him and all but he doesn’t look anything like james brown, and people will compare him to jamie foxx in ray because jamie foxx resembled ray and he acted his character out pretty good. If i was you i would consider usher the reason is that he can sing and he resembles james brown and he can act.

By: boswell

boswell — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:28:27 +0000

eddie murphy huh? why not wesley snipes or lesser cuba gooding? > he would made a great muhumad ali , as for the bigger question do we hold all those to be self-evident when it comes to who should direct? or was that already decided? my question is (and dont misunderstand i truly admire spike) but? why not have a woman director? in particular one ‘outside’ someone like julie dash or nneema burnette? to raise a cinematic jihad?

By: bigdaddycc

bigdaddycc — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:51:30 +0000

Eddie is indeed a great comedic actor, but playing James Brown might be a stretch. But then I thought Jamie Foxx playing Ray Charles was a stretch, but I think the actor that plays J.B. will be basically unknown.

By: Why Eddie Murphy Should Play James Brown… » Screenhead

Why Eddie Murphy Should Play James Brown… » Screenhead — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:07:01 +0000

[...] Spike Lee will soon be donning his thinking (presumably still baseball) cap to cast the lead in his recently announced James Brown biopic and Eddie Murphy must cross his mind at some point. The above video is from an old Saturday Night Live sketch starring the future Axel Foley. Rubadub. [...]