Affion Crockett talks Obama, Bernie Mac, and his new movie Soul Men
16 years ago by Black Comedy News
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BlackTree TV’s Producer Jamaal Finkley, sits down to talk with Affion Crockett about his new movie Soul Men.
Soul Men traces the story of two estranged soul-singing legends, Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd Henderson (Bernie Mac), who must reunite for a tribute concert at the Apollo Theater after the death of their former groups lead member (John Legend). With only Floyds lime green 1971 Cadillac El Dorado convertible to get them from L.A. to New York, Hinds and Henderson embark on a road trip that just might give these bickering soul men another chance to harmonize if they dont kill each other first.
Sharon Leal (Dreamgirls, This Christmas), Jennifer Coolidge (Epic Movie, For Your Consideration), Sean Hayes (The Bucket List, Will & Grace), Adam Herschman (I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Accepted), Affion Crockett (“Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins,” “The Boondocks”), soul music icon Isaac Hayes (South Park, Hustle & Flow), and Grammy-winning R&B recording artist John Legend also star.
The film is directed by Malcolm Lee (Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Undercover Brother), from a script by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone. Producers are David T. Friendly (an Oscar nominee for Little Miss Sunshine, Meet Dave) under his Friendly Films banner, Charles Castaldi (Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins) and Steve Greener (The Bernie Mac Show, Guess Who).
One of the most memorable shooting days on Soul Men was the opening montage scene, which traces Louis, Floyd and Marcus rise from three kids harmonizing on a street corner in 1965 to R&B stardom as Marcus Hooks and the Real Deal to eventually leading separate lives. It was John Legends only day on set during principal photography, and it was highlighted by elaborate sets, costumes and hairstyles that spanned the decades, and some spectacular musical numbers. The montage scene was the most fun to do, says production designer Richard Hoover.
The scenes were filmed at Shreveports Municipal Auditorium, built in the 1920s and arguably the finest example of Art Deco construction in Louisiana. Elvis Presley made his performance debut on its stage in 1954.
Even John Legend was amazed at the attention to detail paid to the montage scene. John told me, I didnt know you guys would really set up the whole evolution of music through the decades! He was pretty blown away, says Charles Castaldi. We had a lot of fun with him, and he was a trouper.
Legend, Mac and Jackson sported looks ranging from the slicked back hair and thin lapels of the 1960s to the mega-fros and bell-bottoms of the 1970s. Legend even dabbled in some 1980s-style androgeny, à la Prince.
is this guy funny? I dont get it but maybe its just me. Bernie and Samuel Jackson are pimps…but this nigger aint doing it for me.
and when TIGER WOODS won the masters tournament he became the fist BLACK person to win the golf championship!obama is half white and BLACK and he is known as the first BLACK PRESIDENT NOT MIXED PRESIDENT? SO WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
A strechoo if ur mixed with black than your black. When HALLE BERRY won an oscar she was known as the first BLACK woman or person to win an oscar and she’s half white not the first mixed person to win an oscar? LOL
this is the dumbest shit ever. all black movies promote homosexuality
close your esey and see no color, i wish everyone was blind sometimes
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this aint the old days….
he’s what asshole? , get the fuck out of here punk bitch fucking dominican ppl.
i dont down play shit i was born in a hispanic household raised by hispanic people .. all the black people in my life were never there .. so yea im mexican if u ask me… and obama isa mixed or bi-racial. hes NOT FUCKIN BLACK …..
How in the fuck do down play your blackness,or is that you’re ashame of your blackness,sound like it to me brother.
That last one was for strech00, just to clarify
u realize that your comment made about as much sense as taking a shit upside down. The point is this: Stop trying to classify the man; let the man classify himself. So what if he’s mixed? 90% of the world is mixed. If he says he’s black, just as you say ur mexican, then who are you to say he’s not black? If you don’t agree with that well then don’t get upset when we say “nothing about you says you’re mexican”.
Mmmm, feast on that logic.
If people would remember..in the old days if your father was black, you were considered black…lets keep this in mind…
well im mixed black and mexican but i call my self mexican… i guess u can call ur self whatever u want… he can call him self black all day but hes not ..me and him are mixed is tiger woods black …NO!!! is obama black… NO!!! am i black … NO!!! WERE MIXED..AND WHEN I APPLY FOR A JOB OR GET PULLED OVER HERE IN TEXAS IM CLASSIFIED AS WHITE .. NOT HISPANIC…i really dont understand that one but its the truth…
Strech – Actually you just don’t really relate well to our reality. You say “nothing about this man says i’m black..”, but the fact is that the man himself says that he is “black”. You can google at least 100 quotes where Barack refers to himself as black or African American. If Barack Obama was being pulled over for a traffic violation, applying for a job, or doing anything that would require him to designate his race, he would be black. but WHATEVER MAN. Just call him Mr. President.
i just get tired of hearing black people running around like they accomplished something when they didnt.. hes not the first black president he’s half white …. nothing about this man says im black…
strech00 – if it makes you feel better about it….whatever you say.
Obama is not black hes mixed…. dumb ass people..and he grew up in hawaii .. he was raised by white people and his mom is white…. dumb ass black people OBAMA is not black…
he does not look like Obama!!!
lol he was funny in that movie he had that gold tooth and his rap song was stupid funny. r.i.p bernie mac and isaac hayes.
You’re right mate
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And I loved the Barrack Obama impersonation. This was a good interview. Watch out for Affion Crockett, he’s on the come up.
R&B groups don’t work as well as they used to because their forced to work with each other and their forced to create chemistry. Back in the days, most R&B groups grew up together and knew each other for years which created an all natural chemistry. I know there are many more reasons, but I just wanted to say a little bit about that.
cool interview. thanks for sharing