Transcript: Interview: Jamie Foxx discusses his role as Ray Charles in the new film "Ray"

MICHELE NORRIS
All Things Considered (NPR)
10-22-2004
Interview: Jamie Foxx discusses his role as Ray Charles in the new film "Ray"

Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris.

The late Ray Charles was an artist whose voice is so distinctive, so original that it's instantly recognizable.

(Soundbite of music)

Mr. RAY CHARLES: (Singing) Well, I got a woman way over town that's good to me, oh, yeah!

NORRIS: When the director Taylor Hackford decided to bring the Ray Charles story to the big screen, he knew the project had great potential and great risk. The biopic would only work if he could find just the ...

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