British comedian Lenny Henry stars in this Touchstone Pictures comedy True Identity where he plays a black American actor named Miles Pope who wants to audition for a part in William Shakespeare's Othello. After a plane ride home from a failed acting gig Miles meets a producer named Leland Carver (Frank Lagella)who lets slips that he is a former mobster who faked his death 5 years prior. Now that Miles knows about Leland's past , he wants Miles dead.
Scared that his about to be killed he asks his best friend; a make-up artist named Duane(Williams) to transform him into a white man. However when one of Leeland's hitmen gets shot another hitman named Anthony (Leland Carver's top man) comes in and assumes that Miles(in disguise) killed the other hitman,and mistakes him as a hitman.
Now Miles must play a dual role as both a hitman and as himself.
Overall it was a good film. What drew me to this film was the makeup effects as it was really well done,plus I've heard of Lenny Henry as his a well known British comedian here in the UK and Ireland.
Scared that his about to be killed he asks his best friend; a make-up artist named Duane(Williams) to transform him into a white man. However when one of Leeland's hitmen gets shot another hitman named Anthony (Leland Carver's top man) comes in and assumes that Miles(in disguise) killed the other hitman,and mistakes him as a hitman.
Now Miles must play a dual role as both a hitman and as himself.
Overall it was a good film. What drew me to this film was the makeup effects as it was really well done,plus I've heard of Lenny Henry as his a well known British comedian here in the UK and Ireland.