“I came in to read for him, and at the time, I was TV hot — everything I did was loud,” Foxx recalled. “At the end, Stone said, ‘You just can’t act at all, can you?’ I remember he wrote down, ‘Jamie Foxx, slave to TV.’ ” But Stone called him back to read for a different role, and this time, Foxx sent a video of himself, rapping, and got the job.
He soon made serious film impressions with roles in “Ali,” “Collateral,” and “Ray,” in which he portrayed the legendary Ray Charles. The role ultimately earned him the Academy Award for best actor.
Downey and Foxx sent shout-outs to Sun-Times Film Critic Roger Ebert, attending the event with wife Chaz, for supporting Foxx’s career.
“I remember Ebert said when he saw you in ‘Collateral,’ he became encouraged after hearing you were going to play ‘Ray,’ ” Downey recounted. “Then when he saw ‘Ray,’ he said halfway through the film he stopped thinking about you playing Ray and started seeing Ray Charles. The thing everybody noticed was that you didn’t portray him, you channeled him.”
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