Casting Couch: Rick James
Variety reports that a biopic is officially in the works about the kinky life and times of drug-addled freakazoid-funker Rick James, predictably titled Super Freak. The film will be based on the unpublished, 400 page memoir penned by the Rick himself.
Turner said James' memoir (the estate would like to get the book published when the movie's made) was rich with the story of a gifted musician who married funk, rock and sex and partied with just about everyone, "from Jim Morrison to princes to Prince, another singer he feuded with because Rick felt he'd ripped off his act," Turner said.
Man no one partied like Rick -- and the coroner's report proves it! The nine substances found in James's blood stream on death:
Accordingly, his death was deemed "accidental." We deem it "due to a retarded number of substances in the system." Anyway, he'll live on in celluloid. And as always, we wanna know: Who's best fit to play the Freak? And don't say Dave Chappelle. Get creative, bitch!Xanax
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Posted at 11:53 AM in Casting Couch
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I'd love to see Don Cheadle do this.
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your mom.
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your mom.
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Terrence Howard.
Can Young Jeezy act?
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for some reason I'm thinking tracy morgan or wesley snipes, or samuel l jackson.
In 1991, he, along with future wife, Tanya Hijazi, were accused of holding 24-year old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days (accounts vary on how long she was actually held), tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with a hot crack pipe during a weeklong cocaine binge. (this quote from wikipedia makes me think naomi campbell should be in it too as tanya.
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your mom.
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Terrance Howard
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Chris Tucker or perhaps Lawerence Fishburne if he was younger
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Chris Tucker or perhaps Lawerence Fishburne if he was younger
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rick's autopsy report reads like qotsa's "feel good hit of the summer"
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Chris Tucker or perhaps Lawerence Fishburne if he was younger
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aries spears. totally.
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easy ------ the guy who made the sounds, Jones from the police academy movies. now he act!
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your mom's box.
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your mom's box.
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your mom's box.
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Get Donald Faison from Scrubs. Dude could probably pull a Jouquin Phoenix and sing the parts himself.
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I remember they were seriously considering doing a straight Rick James bio starring Dave Chappelle for like a week a couple of years ago.
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Gary Oldman
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Well, if he gets out of jail in time, Wesley Snipes.
DwD
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Howabout a k-fed movie debut? In blackface!
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Dakota Fanning!
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c'mon now...we all know it has to be Chappelle.
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Spike Lee, bitches.
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james earl jones
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how about Michael Irvin, of the Cowboys...
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cheadle
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The guy from Kinky Boots - Chiwetel Ejiofor! Fantastic actor. Do an imagine search - spot on.
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You gotta think outside the box, cuz if you don't then Johnny Depp will play every white guy & Don Cheadle will play every black guy.
I like the idea of Donald Faison from Scrubs; he'd be good. I could also see Bubbles from The Wire with some beaded braids. Or, maybe - can D'angelo act?
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You gotta think outside the box, cuz if you don't then Johnny Depp will play every white guy & Don Cheadle will play every black guy.
I like the idea of Donald Faison from Scrubs; he'd be good. I could also see Bubbles from The Wire with some beaded braids. Or, maybe - can D'angelo act?
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Cate Blanchett; she's good enough to play Dylan!
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I just remembered that rick james was in a band with neil young, so does anyone have idea of who could play him, if only so that I could hear what they sounded like. Also, whoever mentioned aries spears- he has to play eddie murphy when they show rick james producing party all the time.
see him impersonating eddie
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8o-RUZvWMY
or
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4oPUXnHyWc
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Nicole Richie.
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Hey, you know who would be great if only he were younger? Laurence Fishburne. That totally just popped into my head for some reason.
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I also vote for your mom.
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tom hanks
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You are all wrong.
He is Kel Mitchell from All That. And the underrated co-star of Kenan and Kel.
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Prince.
That would be both fitting and ironic.
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Aresenio Hall
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Terrence Howard would be perfect for the role.
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The working title for this movie was "Walk the Line"
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With that out of the way: Samuel L. Jackson. He's already got the variations of "fuck" and "motherfuck" down. "Bitch" would be a motherfucking piece of cake.
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The "other Don Cheadle": Tim Meadows.
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the dude who played Waldo on Family Matters
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Alan Iverson
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tom cruise
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