14 DAY TRIAL // Jamie Foxx has some very unorthodox views about his autobiographical movie in the sense that he doesn't want to be played by an African-American actor which would be the obvious thing to do. Instead, Foxx thinks that Leonardo DiCaprio would do a good job.
In a recent interview quoted by Us Weekly, Jamie caused a funny reaction when he admitted that he would love to see DiCaprio playing him in a movie. The two actors seem to have hit it off after working on the 2012 Quentin Tarantino movie “Django Unchained.”
The only condition that Foxx requires of Leonardo is that the latter should get a “#DeepTan.” This exercise of the imagination has led the actor on another path, that of remembering his younger self when he was just starting out in the acting business, in 1991.
Jamie reflected that “I would tell myself to never doubt my talents, stay even more humble, and never trust a big butt and a smile.” We're not sure what that line is in reference to exactly, but we can speculate that Jamie has had some problems with someone who fits those physical traits, most likely a woman.
And to complete this trip into fantasy, the actor was made to choose between two characters that he played in the past for a possible role on Broadway. The characters in question were Electro, the super villain from “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” and bounty hunter Django from the movie “Django Unchained.”
Not wanting to alienate any of his fans by making a clear choice, Jamie wisely decided on a combination of both. He even gave the resulting character a funny name, “Electrigo,” immediately quipping “The E is silent,” an obvious nod to the character Django and the way he presented himself in the movie “The D is silent.”
Most recently, Foxx starred as Electro, one of the villains introduced in the newest movie in the Spider-Man universe and he received critical praise for the way he brought that character to life. The actor claims that he approached the role from the point of view of the fanatical fan who becomes enraged when he decides that his beloved hero has turned his back on him.
Although the movie failed to impress audiences and make a dent in the box office, Foxx's performance stood out from the cast and will likely earn him similar roles in the future. Next, Jamie is set to star in the remake of the Broadway musical Annie and he's also set to appear as one of the voices in the computer animation “Rio 2.”