James Marsden ‘would like to’ play Frank Sinatra: ‘You’ve got by no means actually seen a film about him’

James Marsden is able to go the way in which of Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown and the various different actors who've portrayed the true tales of singers over time. His position of alternative is Frank Sinatra.

"I've at all times cherished emulating a few of the previous crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin," Marsden instructed The Publish in an interview revealed Tuesday. "I at all times thought there have been so many fascinating tales of Frank Sinatra's life that might be performed. And for no matter cause, you've by no means actually seen a film about him."

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Marsden famous that he's really within the "My Means" singer's life, about which there have been tasks based mostly on, together with a 1992 TV miniseries, known as Sinatra, starring Philip Casnoff because the star, who died in 1998, and Olympia Dukakis as his mom. In April 2014, sources instructed Variety that director Martin Scorsese needed to do a film based mostly on the singer that might star his frequent collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio.

"I simply suppose there’s so many tales that might be instructed about that man — a few of the actually tortured and darker tales, and a few uplifting ones as nicely. What he did, what he completed," Marsden mentioned of the famous person who famously palled round with President John F. Kennedy. "I've by no means actually carried out a biopic about any person."

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"To do a biopic like what Jamie Foxx did with Ray Charles can be lots of enjoyable," Marsden mentioned of 2004 Oscar winner Ray. "I might like to. And also you're truly utilizing your singing voice, as nicely."

That's vital to Marsden, who can greater than carry a tune as he proved within the 2007 film model of the musical Hairspray, by which he appeared alongside a star-studded solid that included John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, and Zac Efron.

"I had essentially the most superb expertise on that film, and it was only a celebration," mentioned Marsden, who performed TV host Corny Collins. "It was like we have been doing a Broadway present on stage for a few months. It was nice … a joyous expertise."

In 2007's live-action fairy story Enchanted, he was the naive and narcissistic Prince Edward, who sang songs together with a model of "That's Amore" by Dean Martin. The crooner was one in all Sinatra's contemporaries within the group of singers within the '50s and '60s generally known as the Rat Pack.

Marsden can be identified for his position as Teddy in HBO hit sci-fi sequence Westworld and within the X-Men film franchise as Scott Summers/Cyclops.

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