Thursday
28Aug
Don Cheadle Shows Stunt Double No Mercy in 'Traitor' Spoof on Jimmy Kimmel
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 3:33PM
The new
Don Cheadle movie
Traitor officially opened yesterday. You can
check out our review
here. It was almost ten years ago that I
watched the special features on the Out of Sight DVD and a quote has
stuck with me ever since. George Clooney, who for the first time was really
playing the role of a Hollywood ringleader, said in a making-of featurette, "If
you can get Don Cheadle in your movie, get Don Cheadle in your movie." And that
about says it all.Although I've always had great
admiration for Cheadle in movies, he's equally good on TV talk shows. Who could
forget his guest-hosting gigs on The Late Late Show before they settled
on Craig Ferguson as the permanet host, or singing "Endless Love" with Adam
Sandler on Letterman last year? This one goes the extra mile, though. Spoofing
his own new movie, Cheadle recreates a prisoner torture scene from Traitor
with his stunt double, Guillermo, a featured player on
Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Of course, Guillermo looks nothing like Cheadle, but
it's fun to watch the Oscar nominee instruct the other actors to "let me have
it," while sitting safely behind a monitor watching this poor fat guy get
pummeled.
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