According to the testimony of his former assistant under the pseudonym “Mia,” he once auditioned to portray James Brown in the 2014 biopic Get on Up. The role ultimately went to Chadwick Boseman.

In one August 2020 message, Mia wrote, “Thinking of you with Chadwick Boseman,” in reference to the actor’s death. She then said that Combs was “auditioning for the role” of James Brown.

There’s a delicious moment in “Get On Up,” Tate Taylor’s new James Brown biopic, when Brown — played by Chadwick Boseman, in a thrillingly magnetic performance — is about to appear on ...

“Get on Up” follows Brown from his impoverished boyhood to his time in prison to his rise on the world stage as Soul Brother No. 1. Judging by the trailer, Boseman turns in a more physical ...

In the days leading up to the theatrical release of the James Brown biopic “Get On Up,” music and film fans are wondering how the film’s star – relative Hollywood newcomer Chadwick Boseman ...

Chadwick Boseman, who stars as James Brown in "Get On Up," a movie based on the life story of "the Godfather of Soul" is interviewed in Madison, Miss., prior to a screening of the film, Sunday, July ...