Jamie Foxx.
Is he really upset about being second banana on Miami Vice?
Has anyone figred out that he is really the fifth lead in Stealth, playing “The Funny Black Guy,” much as Jessica Biel (second lead) is playing “The Girl Whose Breasts & Buttocks Require A Completely Illogical And Superfluous Vacation Sequence In Thailand”?
Did Jamie foxx ad lib much in Collateral?
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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon
Seeing how Michael Mann pretty much let him steal the show from Tom Cruise in Collateral and from Will Smith in Ali, I would highly doubt that he is worried about being upstaged by Colin Farrell. I would think that at this point, working with Mann again, that Foxx knows he’s in good hands.
As for Stealth, what people are forgetting is that he took the role on, before being cast in Collateral or Ray. And it sure looks like he’s getting more prominent placement in the ad campaign over Josh Lucas.
From September of last year until March of this year, I’ll bet not a day went by when Jamie Foxx was told he was the greatest thing since slice bread and that he perfectly embodied a legend on screen. Every single day a camera was shoved in his face and he was told how perfect a guy he is.
That kind of thing gets to your head after awhile. It’s happened before.
The PLANE is the most visible thing when it comes to Stealth promos, not the actors. Is that not just the wierdest looking poster you’ve seen? what the hell are you looking at? is that supposed to get us excited?
The one feeling I can’t get awayfrom when I seen the previews for Stealth is that continuing the cliche bandwagon Jamie Fox’s character will bite it. Not a spoiler unless I’m right but With every other cliche the film seems to have it would figure.
Stealth looks like a good movie when you’re drunk at 1am on a Tuesday and you catch it on HBO.
There is talk of bad blood on the set between Mann and Foxx. It’s not like they’re new to each other but maybe Jamie’s ego is now sky high.
Jamie is living the dream here. But its not translating into the paychecks he wants or he thinks he should get as an Oscar winner. Remember this guys career highlight was Bait. Just kidding but it was his second career highlight.
Don’t knock Bait. He needed the dough. You see the lifestyle he lives????
Seriously.
Anyone takes some cheap shots at Booty Call and they have to deal with me. We all knew Jamie was going to win an Oscar after In Living Color. In Living Color 1 win. SNL. Zero.
FUCK
Sorry, hearing about Jamie Foxx makes me want to swear and hit people with objects.
God, I hate him. HATE HIM. I wish he’d just disappear and nobody would ever mention him ever again.
LOATHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And ‘Ray’ was really bad.
Mann has every right to wanna throw him in the river, hell, I’d do it myself if I could get away with it. EVIL CRETEN.
Having said that, I might go and watch “Collateral”. The only movie of his I like and like him in. Though I do NOT want to get into the debate about him being nominated for Best Supporting Actor for it. That was even sillier than Keisha Castle Hughes’ Supporting Actress bid.
Geez, once David Poland has found a punching bag, he doesn’t easily let it go. First we get endless articles “debunking” the slump. Which made a nice change from endless articles change from endless articles about “journalistic ethics” and bashing the New York Times.
Now Jamie Foxx seems to be his new whipping boy.
I thought Poland’s reporting on Foxx’s over-the-top negotiations for Dreamgirls had some validity and legitimacy to it.
But what is the point of this? It seems like a gratuitous attempt to follow up on the “Jamie Foxx:Primadonna” angle Poland worked on the Dreamgirls story, except this time, there’s no real weight behind it. Third hand gossip fom Page 6 from about Foxx being “upset” at being second banana in Miami Vice does not merit coverage. It’s National Enquirer material. And taking a swipe at his cliched supporting role in a dumb blockbuster, made BEFORE he won an Oscar and had any cache as an actor. Classy.
I’m willing to give Jamie Foxx the benefit of the doubt. If he had the choice, now, I would doubt that he would choose to play third lead in a Rob Cohen extravaganza. Yeah, maybe we all got a little sick of him a few months ago, but it wasn’t completely his fault, the media went overboard as usual.
But you look at his choices, Dreamgirls, more Michael Mann, and the next Sam Mendes film. I think he’s going to have a good career.
camel are u a racist? u seem to have no reason to hate foxx besides the color of his skin. thats low.
When you hear this type of prima donna story once you overlook it. But a few times? I don’t really care about it as long as he delivers like last year. But Stealth looks like a major bomb.
Give Tom Cruise credit for giving Foxx the room to steal the movie. An unsure and ego filled star would have not let him be himself and make that movie better. He is the underrated performer of the two.
Gatorade,
Dave started a thread on Jamie FOxx since peeps were discussing his movies etc on the WW/MJ thread and seemed to want to talk about Jamie Foxx. [see WW/MJ]
From Dave’s reply on that thread it is clear he has no plans to make Jamie Foxx the new whipping boy.
Bob just because KC says he doesn’t like Foxx doesn’t make him a racist. many actors get annoying when they win an award or get sudden massive overkill press attention.
I don’t feel very strongly about Foxx either way except Ray was overrated compared to Collateral which was shunned by Oscar.
Foxx wasn’t shunned for his role in Collateral. He was nominated. Paul Giammati was shunned.
You wouldn’t hear Paul Giamatti bitching about his ten million dollar paycheck and spring/summer in Miami, do you? Too bad he wasn’t cast as Tubbs. Thats what they call out of the box casting.
Ray stunk. He was the only good thing in that piece. In 20 years we will be saying DiCaprio should have taken home the gold for Aviator.
I said Collateral was shunned Blustealer.
Clearly Foxx wasn’t shunned and won for the wrong movie IMUHO.
He should have won it for Collateral and not Ray. Ray was self indulgent.
Ray sucked. The structure didn’t make much sense and the ending seemed so tacked on. But the performances by Sharon Warren and Regina King were phenomenal.
Foxx has got Jarhead this winter, then Miami Vice then the Dream Girl musical. Let’s see what happens to him.
Why the Foxx hate? The guy just won an Oscar and was nominated for another one. So hes an ass off camera. Who cares as long as we get Ray type stuff from him?
i just see him as a natural second banana. which is what he’ll be in miami vice. they did go too young casting farrel. they needed someone more grizzled. brad pitt would have been perfect. not that hes grizzled but hes older.
I don’t think Farrel will be overmatched here. Michael Mann usually gets great performances from his actors. He wouldn’t have casted him without being sure.
My coverage of the Foxx negotiations on Dreamgirls was 100% accurate.
Perhaps you should ask yourself why Page Six didn’t pick that up… and whether it is in Jamie’s management’s interest to float the idea that he needs more love on Vice on those august pages as well.
I have no interest in whipping Jamie Foxx. He is a talented guy. I don’t really care much what he does off screen and only wrote about the contract negotiations because it was extremely bad behavior on the business side.
I expect him to do well in Jarhead and he could get another Oscar nomination for Dreamgirls, now that they are on board.
I think this duo is rather perfect for Miami Vice. And yes, the Stealth role is probably the last “funny negro” role that Foxx will be playing for a long while.
On the financial side, I don’t see how he has earned the $10 million plateau as far as being a box office draw. But Vice will likely up that by another $5 million in a hurry. And Dreamgirls, which he is doing for less, will also make him worth more.
P.S. Thanks for the accurate explanation, Lota.
how is he getting over 10 mill for any role? what movie has he done where its made money? ray did well. anything else? when stealth bombs is it his fault?
dreamgirls will be a huge hit. vice a huge hit. he’ll be making 15 mill a movie easy. i hope he keeps up this good streak he has going for himself.
But what agent told him to take that Stealth role? I hope it was before Ray was in production.
He might not be worth 10 now. But he will soon enough. He does have the chops and the star power.
Don’t get me wrong, I am very interested in Dreamgirls and I hope Miami Vice is good but I just really don’t like Jamie Foxx. He’s arrogant, egotisticle, overbearing, overpraised, annoying and as an actor I don’t see that much in him.
Now, I really disliked “Ray” so the fact that he won everything for it was just excruciating. What was SO great about impersonating someone? Hey look, he walks like Ray Charles GIVE HIM AN OSCAR! He sounds like him too GIVE HIM THE SAG AWARD! He mimed to Ray Charles songs GIVE HIM THE GOLDEN GLOBE! Ugh… and then he went along and got nominated for Best SUPPORTING Actor for Collateral! If anything he should’ve been nommed for Best Actor for Collateral.
And the stuff he did at the awards shows was so annoying. He didn’t just do it at ONE awards show, or even two. He did it at every single one! SHUT UP!
And why does he think he’s so great. Was it all those years of slumming it in movies like Bait and Breakin’ All the Rules that makes him think he’s earned it or something. The only movie of which he was a predominant part of publicity that actually was successful was Ray and that was all because of the awards. And then to think that people like Jim Carrey and Jeff Bridges got ignored is just sad.
I can see how people like him though! I just personally really don’t! And it’s not because I’m racist. Do all the people here who hate Jennifer Lopez hate her because she’s hispanic? I’m assuming that’s a resounding NO.
So basically, shut up Bob.
Sorry, but that was my venting.
Hey Camel,
Is it your goal to post under EVERY thread here?