Anthony Treach

1. – Tupac Shakur, Juice, 1992. Rapper Shakur won Bishop from rapper pal Criss,  after the way he flung a chair about in his audition for the directing debut of Spike Lee’s cinematographer Ernest R Dickerson. Shakur was murdered in 1996. Usual occupation: Singer Casting Calls:  1

Anwan Glover

Jamie Hector, The Wire, TV, 2002-2008. Washington band singer and WKYS radio star tested for the 30 episode arc of upstart gang leader Marlo Stanfield. Brandon Fobbs, The Wire, TV, 2004-2006. He also lost Fruit, only around for eight episodes. But won Slim Charles. For 27 chapters of the Baltimore County Police hit, 2004-2008.  Birth …
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Aretha Franklin

Queen Latifah, Hairspray, 2006.    Aretha auditioned for Motormouth Maybelle.  Billy Crystal, Madonna and Meryl Streep also lost  out on roles in the filmusical.  Birth year: Death year: Other name: Usual occupation: SingerCasting Calls:  1

Arlo Guthrie

1. – David Carradine, Bound For Glory, 1976.   Arlo proved he had something in the film of his song, Alice’s Restaurant, 1969, and was therefore considered to play the biopic of his father: Woody. “He was a wencher, a drinker, he’d walk out the door disappear and leave his wife and babies for months,” said …
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