California (BTG): Jamie Foxx has admitted he can relate to his Annie character’s struggle to balance life and work. The Oscar-winning actor plays workaholic tycoon and mayoral candidate Will Stacks in the musical reboot of the 1982 film, who finds that orphan Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis) tugs at his heartstrings. As an A-list star with a demanding work schedule, father-of-two Jamie, 47, revealed he could understand some of what his character feels. He said: ‘It’s the family.
I think my oldest daughter [Corinne, now working as a model], it was tougher for her.