Casting Call: Terrence Howard May Get It On as Marvin Gaye, Jessica Biel Hunts THE TALL MAN, and Julie Delpy Visits THE SKYLAB
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: May 16th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

Iron Man 2 may have shut him out, but Terrence Howard is in talks for the high profile role of Marvin Gaye in Cameron Crowe’s planned biopic of the renowned soul singer. Howard commented, “Nothing’s been signed on paper yet. Everybody who loves music will hate me if I get this one wrong.” Indeed we will, Mr. Howard, but there is reason to have faith: Howard was rather improbably nominated for an Oscar for his role in the hip hop tale, the music-heavy Hustle & Flow. Crowe (Almost Famous) has “secretly” been working on the film for three and a half years, somewhat prolonged by the fact that Will Smith reportedly rejected the role. The R&B legend is an obvious choice for a biopic, as Gaye is an icon whose life story has yet to be told on the big screen. [via Deadline]
Hit the jump for details on Jessica Biel’s relationship with The Tall Man and triple-threat Julie Delpy’s out-of-this-world fascination with The Skylab.