Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Ray”
The hardest part
While you might think the hardest part for Jamie Foxx tapping into the role of Ray Charles, was learning his mannerisms and making his musical performances look believable; but that wasn’t the case. In an interview with “Chuck The Movieguy” Jamie describes what was the most demanding aspect of playing this role:
The toughest part was losing the weight. I walk around at like 190. And I lost 30 pounds. I was 157 pounds because at that time, you know in the ‘40s and ‘50’s, nobody was going to Bally’s and working out and stuff like that. And then Ray Charles had a certain thing how the clothes laid on his shoulders… Then it was a matter of crunching down the impersonation.
Check out the rest of Jamie’s interview with Chuck below.
