Jamie Foxx As Ray Was A Perfect Casting Choice

[William Bassington]

Just revisited, he killed it, I completely forgot I was watching Jamie Foxx...to me up it's right up there with Heath as Joker this decade...war y'all think of his performance?

 

[FaTaL]

i wonder if he was their first choice?

 

[dabestkeptsecret]

denzel washington as malcom x was the best casting imo. IMO nobody has been able to top that in that type of movie. Will smith of course was the woat

 

[William Bassington]

^ Yea I can't see anyone covering Malcolm other than Denzel...maybe Terrence Howard, but that's just a reach imo

 

[Tom]

"I'm Malcolm X mayne" - T. Howard

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

I have tp agree with OP on this one because Jamie was 100% Ray in that movie. He moved like him, acted like him, sung like him. It was incredible. You can tell he really put the extra effort in in that role. I mean he went as far as to do a song as his Ray Charles character. Denzel in Malcolm X was also great but there were still some moments when I remembered it was Denzel acting in it. Maybe because I saw that movie after seeing his others.

 

[Tom]

I have tp agree with OP on this one because Jamie was 100% Ray in that movie. He moved like him, acted like him, sung like him. It was incredible. You can tell he really put the extra effort in in that role. I mean he went as far as to do a song as his Ray Charles character. Denzel in Malcolm X was also great but there were still some moments when I remembered it was Denzel acting in it. Maybe because I saw that movie after seeing his others.

that was probably during the detroit red years/first half of the film.

By time he got down with the N.O.I he literally BECAME Malcolm and u forgot it was Denzel breh

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

that was probably during the detroit red years/first half of the film.

By time he got down with the N.O.I he literally BECAME Malcolm and u forgot it was Denzel breh

Yea I agree with that. I think it was in the way he spoke. In the Detroit Red scenes he was a slicker and faster talker but it slowed down as he transformed into Malcolm.

 

[Red]

that was probably during the detroit red years/first half of the film.

By time he got down with the N.O.I he literally BECAME Malcolm and u forgot it was Denzel breh

He literally became Malcolm? Really? He literally became Malcolm X? As in, dead Malcolm X?

 

[feelosofer]

Naw Denzel's Malcolm X is one of the GOAT performances of my lifetime. But in retrospect, Jamies performance was excellent and he earned the Oscar.

 

[Uncle Trill]

Agree 100% with OP Ray is one of my favourite films so that should tell you how I feel about it. His oscar was well deserved

 

[Wise]

denzel washington as malcom x was the best casting imo. IMO nobody has been able to top that in that type of movie. Will smith of course was the woat

Just watched Ray after so long. Amazing.

What was wrong with Ali?

 

[DaveyDave]

"I'm Malcolm X mayne" - T. Howard

 

[DaveyDave]

He literally became Malcolm? Really? He literally became Malcolm X? As in, dead Malcolm X?

you're an idiot

 

[dabestkeptsecret]

Just watched Ray after so long. Amazing.

What was wrong with Ali?

though you could tell Will did his best in trying to be that dude, I had a hard time suspending reality that He was actually Ali. Where as denzel in malcom x and jamie in ray became those nikkas. And all 3 are big names so it didnt come down to will smith being a superstar I just thought he really didnt fit the role.