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Mos Def To Play Chuck Berry In New Biopic?

Posted about 1 year ago
Rapper-actor Mos Def will play legendary rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry in "Cadillac Records," which is filming in New Jersey.Also joining the cast is Gabrielle Union, who will play Geneva Wade, a girlfriend of Muddy Waters.The Sony BMG film is set in 1950s Chicago and follows the turbulent lives of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), and the label's artists, including Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Howlin' Wolf (Eamonn Walker), Etta James (Beyonce Knowles) and Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer).AS??Do you buy it???Darnell Martin ("Their Eyes Were Watching God") is directing from his own script.Mos Def was recently in theaters with Michel Gondry's comedy "Be Kind Rewind." Union's credits include ABC's "Ugly Betty" and the upcoming Eddie Murphy comedy "Meet Dave.""MORE HERE":CH[CH]http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN3033498520080331?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

Comments (19)

  1. Sturgell says I think we have a ringer! Look at how much they look alike!
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  2. GrittyMcScruff says I never noticed before but there is a resemblance. I'll have to check that flick out. Chuck is king! Goin to see him in beantown in 2 weeks.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  3. Beetlebum16 says It's crazy how much Mos Def looks like Chuck Berry! I think he'll be great in this movie.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  4. Jonh Ingham says Yeah, but can he duckwalk??
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  5. christheskins says I wonder if they will want to recreate the time my band "the Rain" played support to him at Reading University..yowza! (around 1988). raincover
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  6. annieander says I'd by that...seems plausable...sure...why not. Any word on if he will do his own singing for the movie? I think that is an important part of the equasion.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  7. christheskins says Whatever... I think Andre Royo from "the Wire" has more of the looks.. Mos Def looks like Valentino Rossi...no doubt.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  8. MrFrost says All you had to say was "Gabrielle Union" and I was there....
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  9. Charley Rogulewski says they sorta lookalike. someone recently told me to check him out "hitchhiker's guide to teh galazy" b/c he's so good in it. i really want to see "rewind be kind"
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  10. mugues says another film with Mos Def... Im IN!!!! music and film great when mixed right
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  11. ciecierega says i want to see this too, i don't know if i've heard about it. i actually saw "be kind rewind" and was a little disappointed. i like mos def and michael gondry (the director) and also mia farrow and jack black in certain movies. don't get me wrong, i enjoyed the movie, but i'd wait for the dvd. it's more of just your pleasant "feel good movie" which is fine. we need those. however, this movie seems like it's really going to be something interesting and based on real life. a little history lesson maybe.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  12. Mike the Knife says Seems like spot-on casting. M.D. is a talent. I'm just afraid he'll go all "method," and refuse to pay his income tax.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  13. Scotch says LOL @ Mike Mos better do a good job, because Chuck has earned it.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  14. TroyPowers says Mos Def is really a good actor. I think his best movie was "Something the Lord Made."
    Permalink posted 04/01/2008
  15. thill says mos def makes me all weak in the knees so i am always glad to see him in a movie on the big screen. I think he did a great job in "Be Kind Rewind" and in it a decent fats waller so I think he can handle chuck. it is all in the cheekbones. i cannot wait to see mos with chuck hair.
    Permalink posted 04/01/2008
  16. Scotch says Fats Waller? Oh, this I gotta see. Fats is one of my favorite old-school Jazz piano players...
    Permalink posted 04/01/2008
  17. hughedwin says sometimes he's a lil questionable as an actor, never as a musician. www.yuppieisland.com
    Permalink posted 04/01/2008
  18. ZZTodd says i really like him as an actor. this sounds like it could be a good picture
    Permalink posted 04/01/2008
  19. brittanybf says to counter mr frost's comment: all you had to say was "mos def" and i'm there.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2008

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