Beyonce Knowles has signed on to appear in the ensemble film, ‘Cadillac Records’ as blues singer, Etta James.
Yahoo!News gives us more details:
Beyonce Knowles has signed on to play blues singer Etta James in “Cadillac Records,” a 1950s period film about the founder of Chicago’s Chess Records and his lineup of stars.
The 10-time Grammy winner joins a cast that includes Adrien Brody as Chess Records founder Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, and Columbus Short as Little Walter.
Now this seems like a better fit for Miss Knowles. It was no secret that she was bitter of her losing to ‘Dream Girls’ co-star, Jennifer Hudson last year at the Golden Globes, and some people thought she was “snubbed” for an Academy award nominee. (Somebody should have told her losing 20 pounds for a role doesn’t necessarily guarantee you a nomination.)
I’m not a huge fan of her acting “talents” to be quite honest, (it’s like she can’t do a role unless there’s singing involved) and she will look a lot better if she has people like Jeffrey Wright and Adrien Brody around her in an ensemble film.
However, I’m pretty psyched about this film. It’s been a while since we have seen a GREAT (Dream Girls was mediocre in my opinion) movie about influential R&B. (‘The Five Heartbeats’ is the last I can remember.)
However, those are just my thoughts. What do you think of Beyonce Knowles as an actress?
