Don Cheadle and all that jazz

The Iron Man star's iron will in playing Miles Davis

Don Cheadle merges truth, fiction and contradiction in his new biopic about Miles Davis
The man with the horn: Cheadle as Miles Davis in Miles Ahead Picture: Getty

Don Cheadle first learned he would be playing jazz legend Miles Davis a decade ago when Davis’s nephew, Vince Wilburn jnr, namechecked Cheadle as the only actor who could pull it off. “Don Cheadle is going to play Miles Davis,” he told reporters ...