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Jamie Foxx had the golden opportunity to star in the 2004 filmCollateralalongside veteran and iconic actor Tom Cruise. Taking up the role, Foxx described in great detail how he wasn’t the main character of the story.
Talking about a life-threatening incident, Jamie Foxx remembered that the cast and crew of the film were more concerned for Tom Cruise than Foxx when they told the actor to move out of the way so that they could reach Tom Cruise to help him!
When Jamie Foxx Was Told To Get Out of The Way
Jamie Foxx found worldwide fame when he portrayed the character of Django in Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 filmDjango Unchained.Before that, the actor was indeed prevalent in Hollywood but was treated like a side character rather than an actual star.
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Talking about one such scenario, the actor talked about the shooting of his 2004 film with Tom Cruise titledCollateral.Portraying the role of a taxi driver, Jamie Foxx quickly realizes that he isn’t the main star of the movie when Tom Cruise hires his cab whose character is actually an assassin. Sitting alongside Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, Foxx gave his account of what it was like working on that film onThe Graham Norton Show.
“We [Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx] were in the car, driving. We’re supposed to do this stunt where I crash into another car. Right? But it was supposed to be a stunt but what happened is the car is out of control and I actually do crash into the car”.
TheDay Shiftactor further continued,
“And when they get there, they’re like ‘Jamie, get out of the way. TOM! Are you okay?’. And that’s when you know your place.”
Foxx revealed in another interview that he received directions from director Michael Mann to dial his acting down!
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Since the difference in stardom was pretty evident during the making of the 2004 movie, Jamie Foxx tried to bring some of his natural acting into the movie. In an interview withYahoo! Entertainment, the actor recalled that since he was a cab driver, he was doing his thing when Cruise sat in the backseat. Trying to do some improv,Jamie Foxxwas quickly told off by director Michael Mann to stick to the script!
“So I’m in the cab, ACTING. And Michael [Mann] says, ‘What are you doing?’ And I said, ‘I gotta do my thing. You know who’s in the backseat [Tom Cruise], and I gotta do my thing!’ He says, ‘How about you not do your thing?'”
Jamie Foxx was nominated for the Oscar for the movie andCollateralreceived a rating of 7.5/10 on IMDB and 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is available to stream on Netflix in the U.S.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
