Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Ray”
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Veronica Wells
Ray Charles on Jamie Foxx
In an interview with Blackfilm.com, Hackford described how Ray Charles responded to Jamie playing him on screen. The two rehearsed rigorously together before Ray finally gave Jamie and Hackford his stamp of approval.
And ultimately after being really tough on him, he got up and hugged himself and said “this is it, this is the kid.” Ray anointed Jamie himself. I watched Jamie grow from whatever his regular height was, till about 10 feet, right there at that moment. But there are those moments that ultimately say, the man himself said you could do it. Then there is that responsibility and that pressure that said Jamie was going to do it. And he was just great.
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