How did it feel to play an undercover agent?
Jamie Foxx: We did this undercover thing where we’re supposed to be buying drugs from this guy, and somebody comes up on the side of the car and points a gun to the back of my head and says that’s how easy it could go wrong. So it’s a little bone chilling, you know, you think wow, you’re in this world and gun play is so prevalent and so easy to happen. So it really gives you a sense, it was a plastic gun, but it really gives you a sense that if that were to happen, that you’re head would be blown off. So it’s a dangerous game when you play an undercover agent. Question: How did Phillip Michael Thomas’ portrayal of Tubbs inspire your interpretation of Tubbs? Jamie Foxx: The thing that I did do from Phillip Michael Thomas is the swagger. I was trying to, I don’t know if I even got close to it but, he has such swagger. It was one of the first episodes of Miami Vice when the guys walk up to the car and he pulls out a shotgun, ‘You guys wanna get outta here?’ and to see the coldness, that s
