The director of "Soul Men," the film that stars both Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac, has fond memories of the two who died this past weekend within 24 hours of each other.
Director Malcolm D. Lee praises Mac's singing, a skill not many people know he possessed. "He definitely can carry a tune," Lee says. "He does a great falsetto in the movie, and a baritone and alto as well. He has a range. He plays a range of emotions in the film as well as octaves."
In the film, which will be released in November, Mac and Samuel L. Jackson play soul singers who agree to reunite to pay tribute to their recently deceased band leader. "They do their own singing and their own dancing in the film," says Lee.
Isaac Hayes plays himself in the film, and Lee says there was no
question that the music legend would be a part of the project. "He was
written into the script as himself," Lee said. "When I came on, they
asked, 'Do you want him in the movie?' and I was like, 'Of course.' Not
to include him in the movie would have been sacrilege. I had to have
Isaac in the film."
Lee has a poignant memory of the last time he saw Mac on the final day of shooting in April. "When I went to shake his hand and tell him how much I loved him and what a great job he did, he hugged me back and looked me in the eye and said, 'Make a great film, man,' " Lee remembered. "I promised him that I would."
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