(CBS News) Forest Whitaker is already generating considerable Oscar buzz for his performance in "Lee Daniels' The Butler." Whitaker plays White House butler Cecil Gaines in the film inspired by ...

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Whitaker, who’s known for his level of preparation, calls this “the most specific work I’ve ever done on a character.” He trained with a butler consultant and met, quietly, with one of the ...

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In The Butler, Forest Whitaker plays Cecil Gaines, a character loosely based on Eugene Allen, a butler who served at the White House from 1952 until 1986. The name change is down to director Lee ...

David Oyelowo is in talks to play the butler's son in the film about Eugene ... Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.? Whitaker, repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham, won an ...

Soft-spoken Forest Whitaker was also ideal for the role of the unassuming White House butler, Cecil Gaines, who was told to “see nothing, hear nothing and only to serve” at the start of his 34 ...

After his career breakthrough with Bird, Whitaker never shied away from real-life characters. The actor stepped into the shoes of White House butler Cecil Gaines (pseudonym for Eugene Allen ...