Flick might face competition from other Davis biopics produced by Denzel Washington, starring Andre 3000.
Nearly a month ago, you heard it here first: Fast-rising “Hairspray” star Elijah Kelley was in talks to star in a “Walk the Line”-like biopic about the legendary Sammy Davis Jr.
This week, the young actor caught up with us to break some additional news: He got the gig.
“It’s going pretty well. It is in the works — I’m allowed to say that now,” he beamed, navigating the crowded “Hairspray” red carpet. “Something is definitely in the works to be done on that project, and that’s a dream project for me. I feel like that would open so many avenues and so many doors.”This candyman ain’t kidding. Before his death in 1990, Davis was regularly billed as the “greatest living entertainer in the world.” From vaudeville (he began touring at age 3) to Hollywood to Las Vegas, from civil-rights marches to a conversion to Judaism to a world-famous kiss he planted on bigoted TV icon Archie Bunker, and from a car wreck that took his left eye to his controversial support of President Nixon to a poverty-stricken death with his third wife by his side, it would seem like one of the richest biographical parts of all time…
Nobody….. I repeat…NOBODY should play the role of Sammy Davis Jr. better than Tommy Davidson.. he looks like him, can act like him, sing like him, and is exactly the same size. ANYONE who has ever seen his live performances will agree with me
By: tired on August 24, 2009
at 3:13 am