In his latest movie, The Soloist, Jaime Foxx plays a homeless man that possesses an incredible talent for playing stringed instruments.Haven’t we seen Jaime Foxx play a musician before?2004’s Ray is a little different than what we have here, but it feels like the same movie.
Jaime Foxx might be best remembered for his work on In Living Color and the sitcom under his own name, but out of nowhere someone discovered that he could sing and perform.I can remember thinking before I saw Ray that anything based on Ray Charles has some high standards, and I was impressed with Foxx’s performance.Ye,t here he is again playing another musician that has to overcome some kind of hardship to inspire people and himself toward success.Is Foxx being type-casted?
You always expect Will Ferrell to play characters that are all somewhat the same in just about every movie he is in, because that is what he does. It feels like Jaime Foxx is going to be portraying down and out musicians forever.True this is only the second time in his career, but you can imagine that there will probably be another one of these movies made in a couple of years.
Type-casting in Hollywood happens all the time, and it really is a shame, until Foxx played Ray Charles I never would have taken him seriously as a performer, now I will think twice.When I saw him playing another musician I thought that Hollywood was exploiting his talent and maybe he could move on to different projects.
Play It Again, Jaime
April 28th, 2009 by J FrazzettaMovie Commentary
In his latest movie, The Soloist, Jaime Foxx plays a homeless man that possesses an incredible talent for playing stringed instruments. Haven’t we seen Jaime Foxx play a musician before? 2004’s Ray is a little different than what we have here, but it feels like the same movie.
Jaime Foxx might be best remembered for his work on In Living Color and the sitcom under his own name, but out of nowhere someone discovered that he could sing and perform. I can remember thinking before I saw Ray that anything based on Ray Charles has some high standards, and I was impressed with Foxx’s performance. Ye,t here he is again playing another musician that has to overcome some kind of hardship to inspire people and himself toward success. Is Foxx being type-casted?
You always expect Will Ferrell to play characters that are all somewhat the same in just about every movie he is in, because that is what he does. It feels like Jaime Foxx is going to be portraying down and out musicians forever. True this is only the second time in his career, but you can imagine that there will probably be another one of these movies made in a couple of years.
Type-casting in Hollywood happens all the time, and it really is a shame, until Foxx played Ray Charles I never would have taken him seriously as a performer, now I will think twice. When I saw him playing another musician I thought that Hollywood was exploiting his talent and maybe he could move on to different projects.