See Which Famous Actor Was Supposed To Get Leon's Role In Five Heartbeats

See Which Famous Actor Was Supposed To Get Leon’s Role In Five Heartbeats

Actor Leon (L); "The Five Heartbeats" cast (R)
Actor Leon (L); “The Five Heartbeats” cast (R)

Since we were just talking about The Five Heartbeats actress who played “Duck’s (Robert Townsend’s character) lil’ sister in our previous post, we thought we’d bring this Old School fun fact to light also: After watching The Five Heartbeats, it’s probably really hard for most folks to envision anyone other than actor, Leon, playing the role of the lover-boy ladies man, “JT” in the film. The fact is that the role was not originally supposed to go to him though and The Five Heartbeats, as we know it, would have had a completely different feel if the actor you’re about to see on the next page would have actually played that part…

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