Urm….what? British tabloids are running with a story that Jamie Foxx will be portraying the Rat Pack member, Frank Sinatra.
After guest starring as a mentor on “American Idol” for Rat Pack night, some buzz began that Foxx was in the running to play Sinatra in the upcoming Martin Scorsese directed biopic. Jamie received an Oscar for his work playing Ray Charles in 2004 and the rumor is that producers are looking to cash in on him. George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harry Connick Jr. and Justin Timberlake are all also rumored to be in the running to portray Frank.
Per Daily Express Via Telegraph:
“Cool is colour-blind. Jamie would seem to be born to the role. 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.”
Wait…“magnificent singing voice, totally convincing acting ability.” I don’t think we are talking about the same Jamie Foxx. This descriptions sounds a bit fishy. I am picturing Jamie sitting on the phone making up this crap while pretending to be an ‘inside source’ and speaking in a fake woman’s voice saying: “Yeah, yeah! Magnificent singer! And he heals the blind and saves kittens from trees! And good in bed. Yeah, that too! He is a stud and dwarfs the rest of man kind with his outstanding endowment that is also a gift to women.”
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