Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “The Five Heartbeats”
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Veronica Wells
Keenan was supposed to be JT
It’s hard to imagine anyone else playing the role of Ladie’s Man, “JT,” made famous by the man who is consistently cast as a philanderer, Leon. Though he played the role to a tee, it wasn’t meant for him initially. Keenan Ivory Wayans, who wrote the script for the movie, along with Townsend, was supposed to play JT. Leon told Black Voices how he ended up getting the role. “I didn’t know Robert before then. He saw me at the MTV awards with Madonna, and told me he saw me in her video ‘Like a Virgin.’ I think Keenan Ivory Wayans was supposed to play the role in the film but he got ‘In Living Color,’ and he couldn’t do it. Before that happened, Robert wanted me to do the film.”
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