Jamie Foxx was part of a press conference today while promoting his Apple TV+ documentary production, Number One on the Call Sheet, and MovieWeb had a chance to ask Foxx about the challenges of moving behind the camera to direct his first feature-length fiction film, All-Star Weekend. It’s apparently a wild comedy full of vignettes, like the absolute classic Robert Townsend comedy, Hollywood Shuffle. And apparently, Robert Downey Jr. is ditching the Blackface of Tropic Thunder for a different skin complexion. As a matter of fact, so is Jamie Foxx.
Foxx discussed calling in a variety of people to take part in what seems like an outrageous comedy — not just Robert Downey Jr., but also Benicio Del Toro, Gerard Butler, Snoop Dogg, Jeremy Piven, Eva Longoria, DJ Khaled, The Game, and many others. In a hilarious Downey Jr. impersonation, Foxx imitated the actor accepting the role, and then detailed Downey Jr.’s quick trepidation. “At two o’clock in the morning he texted me, and he’s like, ‘Yo, bro, I’m nervous about playing a Hispanic guy.’ And I’m like, ‘You played a Black guy in Tropic Thunder!‘” Foxx will play several characters himself, including “a quadraplegic gangster” and a “white cop” who apparently says such racist things that they had trouble casting anybody else to say them.
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Jamie Foxx also noted that the film has been in the can for a while, with everyone waiting for a political and cultural climate when they felt comfortable to release it. Foxx says that The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, with its wild humor, has convinced him that now is the time.
Jamie Foxx Is Number One on the Call Sheet
In the meantime, there’s Number One on the Call Sheet, a two-part documentary event for Apple TV+, with one part focusing on Black actors and the other looking at Black actresses. The synopsis reads as follows:
“Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars reveal their journeys to game-changing leading roles. In candid interviews, they shine a light on the highs and lows of their craft, breakthrough moments, blueprints for success, and the next generation’s huge potential.”
It’s an in-depth look at some of Hollywood’s biggest stars as they reveal their journeys to game-changing leading roles. The films are produced for Apple by Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Datari Turner and Dan Cogan. Jamie Foxx produces through his Foxxhole Productions with Datari Turner, Kevin Hart produces through HartBeat and Dan Cogan produces through Story Syndicate.
Number One on the Call Sheet premieres on March 28, 2025, on Apple TV+. Watch this space for mroe information about All-Star Weekend.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
