Reviewed by Isaac Low
Jamie Foxx is attracted to signing on to the crime thriller Law Abiding Citizen. The key factor, according to the Herald Sun, is that as he is a big fan of Zack Snyder’s Spartan fantasy 300, in which now co-star Gerard Butler played the lead role.
This multi-talented Grammy nominee is keen to return to his stand-up comdedy roots. Putting his record plans on hold due to the disheartening leakage of his internet release recorded with Justin Timberlake, Foxx is concerntrating on the screenplay for Sheneneh and Wanda.
Foxx seems to have a repertoire of prosthetic makeovers and hairdos throughout his career. His sister does his hair for the different movies. It is sufficed to say there will not be much left of any of the Foxxes left on the set since his character (who is a women) changes hairstyles after every robbery. This one is a tough plot to crack.
His womanly quirky character with a cult following may be less dissolute a role as the vigilante father in Law Abiding Citizen that Foxx also plays, which includes Butler among the cast. Foxx has to blend into the “grey” world of justice versus vigilantism. Foxx, however, disagrees with Butler’s character, that “[we] should never take the law into our own hands.” Both he and Butler, as characters of “right and wrong”, are seemingly inclined to connect to their characters – in different ways. Jamie Foxx said he could relate to Butler’s vengeful character who desires to avenge his wife and daughter. The Herald Sun (28/1/2010) suggests implicitly that this is helped by Foxx having a daughter of his own. It is interesting to ponder, however, the ways Butler relates to his own character in Law Abiding Citizen after considering Butler’s confession that he has “daddy issues” (http://www.hollywoodheartbreaker.com/2009/11/28/gerard-butler-has-daddy-issues/) and therefore is a commitment-phobe.
Comments confirming Butler to be a commitment-phobe include his immense range of womanizing options; his online appearances are often linked with stars such as Jennifer Aniston, Cheryl Burke and Cameron Diaz. Hollywood Heartbreaker dot com states a tasteful conjecture – “Apparently he couldn’t get along with Jamie Foxx, because Foxx kept sneaking away to Vegas. I guess Gerard was upset that Jamie would get to those women before he could.”
