Wesley Snipes' Brown role

29 January 2009

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Wesley Snipes has been confirmed to play James Brown in an upcoming biopic.

The 'Blade' actor - who is currently appealing his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion - has signed to portray the late soul star in director Spike Lee's upcoming movie.

Lee told MTV News: "We're doing it together - it's going to happen. He's my man."

We're doing it together - it's going to happen

However, Lee claims Snipes will not be singing any of the star's hit tracks including 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' and 'Get Up Offa That Thing', opting to dub recordings of Brown - who died of heart failure in December 2006 - over him.

He added: "I want to hear James Brown's voice. That's just my personal taste.

"I know Joaquin Phoenix in 'Walk the Line,' he did some of the singing. I'm a purist."

Recordings of Ray Charles were used instead of actor Jamie Foxx in director Taylor Hackford's 2004 biopic 'Ray'.

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