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Elijah Kelley is Sammy Davis Jr.Posted: July 15th, 2007 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
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Elijah Kelley (Hairspray) sat down with VH1 to reveal that he will be playing the legendary Sammy Davis Jr in the planned biopic.
"It is in the works — I'm allowed to say that now," he said. "Something is definitely in the works to be done on that project, and that's a dream project for me. I want to capture what actually made him what he was. He got really commercialized as he got older, [but] I just want to show everybody, along with the producers, how he came to be the way he was."
Based on the 1965 autobiography "Yes I Can," Kelley's film will focus predominantly on the younger days of the tap-dancing, comedic, multi-instrumentalist actor. Much like "Ray," the flick will focus on the racism Davis faced in those days and depict how the adversity made him stronger. And for anyone wondering if fellow Rat Packers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin will be featured in the movie... "Yeah," Kelley grinned. "They'll probably make some cameos, like later on in the movie."
While Kelly is already studying the dance moves and songs that made Davis an icon, "Yes I Can," is not the only Sammy Davis Jr. project in the works. The other ones include "In Black and White," produced by Denzel Washington and Brian Grazer, and "Sammy and Kim" with Andre 3000.
Source: VH1
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