Mos Def to Play Chuck Berry in "Cadillac Records"
Rapper/actor Mos Def has signed to play legendary rock n’ roller Chuck Berry in Sony BMG’s Cadillac Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Currently filming in New Jersey, Def joins Gabrielle Union, who plays Geneva Wade, a girlfriend of Muddy Waters.
Written and directed by Darnell Martin, who also helmed Their Eyes Were Watching God, this movie is set in 1950s Chicago and follows the lives of Leonard Chess (founder of Chess Records), and the label’s artists, including Waters, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf.
More after the jump!
Other cast members includes Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, and Beyonce Knowles as Etta James. Chess started the label with his younger brother, Phil, by traveling the south selling records out of the trunk of their Cadillac.
Sounds like a great cast, especially Knowles as Etta James. I can definitely see that.
Photo: Mos Def; Be Kind, Rewind, New Line Cinema, 2008
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