Jim Brown Biopic In Development. Who Should Play Him?

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• chazman | February 26, 2013 3:36 PMReply

  Actor Cassius Willis. Over 6ft tall and is a dead ringer for Jim Brown. Seen in many tv shows and commercials. Most recently the show REVENGE.

• Alex | February 21, 2012 6:44 PMReply

  Easy Eva Mendes for Raquel Welch.

• Anthony E. | February 18, 2012 3:14 PMReply

  Anthony Mackie, in the picture you posted his visage shines through and looks so much like him in this photo.

• Jug | February 16, 2012 7:23 PMReply

  Me....Damnit LOL

• urbanauteur | February 16, 2012 6:08 PMReply

  Derek Luke

• Donella | February 16, 2012 12:28 PMReply

  So hard to cast such a larger-than-life figure (and who could match the physical presence).

• WhatUpDoe | February 16, 2012 7:05 AMReply

  I agree with Nique, mostly everyone whose been mentioned is too old for the part.

• get these nets | February 16, 2012 1:06 AMReply

  in fact..MJW did play a composite of Brown/The Hammer/ Jim Kelly in Black dynamite

• get these nets | February 16, 2012 1:00 AMReply

  Michael Jai White physically is the first name that pops up...

• Tian Richards | February 15, 2012 11:00 PMReply

  Chiwetel Ejiofor or Lamman Rucker.

• Nique | February 15, 2012 10:51 PMReply

  It has to be an unknown. Everyone is either too old, too small, or not good looking enough. I would love to see this film. Jim Brown is more significant than Ali.

• Sergio | February 15, 2012 10:44 PMReply

  NO ONE could even come close to playing Jim Brown. No man is that masculine enough (especially now - black men are WAY too soft) Brown is the hard core definition of black masculinity

• Kay | February 15, 2012 9:06 PMReply

  Hands down Lamman Rucker!

• Vanessa | February 15, 2012 8:25 PMReply

  Idris Elba comes to mind. Maybe they should go with an unknown. Whoever they pick, if they do re-enact "100 Rifles", it's going to be tough to re-create that Welch/Brown chemistry. Those two were hot!

• Quintin Lundy | February 15, 2012 8:12 PMReply

  Do they have to go young? Ving Rhames jumps out at me immediately. He could certainly play the later years.

• Mark | February 16, 2012 12:21 PM

  Then they would have to find a younger person who looked like Rhames.
  
  All too often, films will cast black folks who look nothing like each other to play younger/older pairs.