If they make a biopic about Pops in the future

[skeith]

I think they should get Tracy Morgan to play him....not sure of his acting chops but he reminds me of a younger Louis Armstrong.

[jazzbo]

I noticed the same thing seeing him on the Emmys last night.

[JSngry]

Kevin Hart

 

 

[skeith]

I noticed the same thing seeing him on the Emmys last night.

me too Lon... that's exactly when the thought occurred to me that the resemblance is there

Have they ever done a biopic about Louis Armstrong?....seems like it is a no-brainer given his talents and interesting life.

 

[jazzbo]

I have seen years ago a clip of Ben Vereen portraying Louis meeting/talking with someone playing Jack Teagarden. . . that was from this tv production:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074819/

Seeing Lawrence Fishbourne lately has made me think he'd be a great Ellington.

Tracy at the Emmys

Edited September 22, 2015 by jazzbo

[JSngry]

Yeah, I think it was ABC (?) did that one...I remember watching it...it was about Louis in Chicago getting in trouble with gangsters. I found it pretty laughable as far as the acting went, but then again, I'm no Ben Vereen fan. and there were all these pop-ins of historical figures that were there just to put the names in the story. But still, Louis as running with the mob, enough of an "outside the box" story then to still have some basic entertainment value.

I'd like to see Keven Hart in the role, because I thinks he has a very good grasp of "the mask" that an African-American entertainer wears in order to achieve a broader crossover success. Whether he give a damn about playing Louis Armstrong is another matter entirely.

[jlhoots]

Off topic, I guess, but I want Wendell Pierce to play Thelonious Monk in a film. 

[JSngry]

Oooh...that could work...