Gabrielle Union is in The Brothers, Deliver Us from Eva, Daddy's Little Girls, Think Like a Man, Think Like a Man too, Bad Boys II, Cradle 2 the Grave, Neo Ned, Cadillac Records, and Top Five.
 Union appeared in the 2008 film Cadillac Records
 Early announcements of the cast also included Columbus Short as Little Walter, Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters,  and multi-Grammy Award winner Beyonc as Etta James

