Jamie Foxx Feared Becoming Mentally Ill Himself While Shooting The Soloist

Jamie Foxx sat down with Sal Masekela on the E! Daily 10 show tonight to talk about his fears while filming his new movie, The Soloist (which is based on a true story about a homeless man with schizophrenia who also happens to be a gifted musician).

What was interesting about this is I’ve always had a
childhood fear that I would lose my mind. So when I went in to meet
with that psychiatrist I said ‘Let me ask you something. By me doing
this character, what’s the chances of me catching schizophrenia?’ As if
it was a cold

Foxx continues: ‘Playing Ray, I was really Ray. Like, my
friend called me says ‘How’s it going?’ I said, ‘I’m him.’ He said
‘What do you mean? (in Ray voice) ‘I said, eh, listen, I’m him.’ With
this, it’s like how do you pull yourself out?’ "

For Jamie’s sake, it’s a good thing there’s a difference between make-believe and reality, isn’t it?

Jamie credits his co-star, Robert Downey Jr, with helping him during the shoot.

He helped me a lot as far as keeping me, when I was
telling him, ‘Man I was tripping in my head.’ He was like ‘dude. I’ve
tripped in my head so many times. You’re not going through anything
trust me.’ "

Nothing like having a co-worker willing to share his personal experiences!Are you looking forward to The Soloist? I’m sure Jamie will spill more details on the E! Daily 10 show tonight at 7:30 pm ET/PT.

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