Editorials > Ice Cube in The A-Team?

Rapper-actor Ice Cube is reportedly in talks to join the cast of the John Singleton-directed adaptation of The A-Team. Though this is not yet a done deal, there are few other bankable actors out there would could semi-convincingly replace Mr. T as Sergeant B.A. Baracus.

Here's what he told Blackfilm on the character:

I wouldn't try to duplicate what Mr. T did, but I will have the same impact on you when you were little watching the TV show. I'm going to bring my own flavor to it and I am going to do the mohawk.

When asked if the role is "definite" for him: 

I don't know. They want me to do it if all the business works out right. I was a fan as a kid and that would be, not a dream come true, but it's definitely a good thing to do and I would put it on my resume for sure.

I think Mr. Cube has the right sensibility about this project, but I still have misgivings about anyone else playing a character so obviously right for Mr. T. That character fit him like a glove, and anyone else trying to play Baracus will give the movie a sense of parody. But I suppose if someone has to, it may as well be Ice Cube.

-David Morgan