Hey, Mos, it’s your cousin! Your cousin, Marvin Def. You know that new part you’ve been looking for? Well dig this!
While you might expect Marvin to point his fav relative Mos Def in the direction of Michael J Fox doing something appreciably sweet and rad, that’s not the case here. However, Mos Def will indeed be playing the role of legendary rocker Chuck Berry in Cadillac. About the rocking lives of Leonard Chess and the many culture-changing artists he released through Cadillac Records in the 1950s, Cadillac has got great casting across the board. Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters and Beyonce Knowles as Etta James are as inspired as Chuck Berry Mos Def. The flick is written and directed by Darnell Martin, a regular TV director but almost unknown on the big screen.
Thanks to AICN for the spot!