Another student served as his `` angel , '' just as Lopez helped Ayers , Foxx said . Jamie Foxx plays mentally ill homeless man in `` The Soloist '' Foxx was frightened by experience : He had `` childhood fear of going crazy '' and he wanted to play a character who is not afraid.
Jamie Foxx plays mentally ill homeless man in `` The Soloist '' Foxx was frightened by experience : He had `` childhood fear of going crazy '' and he wanted to play a character who is not afraid.