Jamie Foxx covers EW’s Heroes Issue and his line-blurring multitudes are about to step to 2020.
Using his index fingers,Jamie Foxxoutlines a square.
This box, he explains, is how he became a fan.
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And the actor is nothing if not a fan.
Dude’s got range.)
That he doesn’t see this, simply adds to his shine.
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And Jamie Foxx and the line-blurringly messy multitudes he contains are about to be very visible.
First up on the 2020 docket for Foxx isProject Power(out Aug. 14).
“He’s also one of the greatest dramatic actors in the world.”
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It was crucial."
Schulman thinks that this quality extends beyond the set.
“It’s never about him.
It’s always about you.”
He recalls a time his grandmother came to the set.
“Jamie looked over his shoulder and he said, She with you?'
And I said, ‘Yeah, it’s my grandmother.’
He said, ‘I’ll be right back.’
He went over, he found her a seat.
He told her, her hair looked great.
He made sure she had a good time.
She was in heaven.
He made a fan for life.”
Plus, Foxx throws in his DJ services for free.
“He plays music all the time to curate the vibe,” says Jordan.
His musical choices are as disparate as her characters.)
1 hit “Blame It” here but he will beplayinga musician soon.
It is the first time a Pixar lead role has been Black.
“You know what was crazy?
You know what was crazy?
I didn’t know that,” he says.
An untimely accident finds him in The Great Before, where he helps others prepare their souls for Earth.
“It talks about the value of getting a second chance,” he says.
This addition to his filmography earned Foxx cred with his 11-year-old, Anelise.
“She was like, ‘Dad, you finally made it.
You’re in a Pixar film!'”
He giggles when asked about his animated alter ego: “Oh, man!
That’s kind of me, in a sense; the pot belly and the skinny legs.
My daughter was like, ‘They got you.'”
Foxx acknowledges that the boxer is a controversial figure.
He will also return at some point to host the fourth season of his Fox game showBeat Shazam.
Perhaps not a choice Denzel would have made, but Foxx makes no apologies.
It also helps keep him fresh in people’s minds.
“IfBeat Shazamwas detrimental, then you wouldn’t get the calls.”
He believes that the U.S. has reached a turning point generationally.
I said, ‘Oh my God.
Is this a joke?’
They were like, ‘No.
We are here for you.'"
“We constantly say [on the set], ‘Hey, are we good?
Is Black folk represented in this situation?
Are we right?’
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This hasn’t gone unnoticed by younger actors.
Rushmore of actors.”
His message to those fearful of the issue slipping from the timeline: “Things are happening.
Stay encouraged, and we’ll come back to it.
It’s a natural thing to go back to your daily life.
But go back with those things in your mind and heart.”
“You want to look at it like a clothesline.
All the characters that you did are hanging up.”
One stat on Foxx’s Wikipedia page is remarkable: When his albumUnpredictablewent No.
1 album in the U.S, joining Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Barbra Streisand.
Foxx shakes his head, tickled and incredulous, thinking back to when he was just a fan.
“Then we actually got a chance to sing on stage with each other.
For more on Jamie Foxx andProject Power,order the August issue ofEntertainment Weeklynow.
