i have see enough of both little richard in interview and in performance and enough of poor leon pigeonhole into these 50s/60s musical bio pic to know that leon be not the right actor for this role . leon be so right a david ruffin in the temptation and but fail utterly to capture the essence of little richard in this film . actor miguel núñez who play little richard in why do fool fall in love . be a much more suitable choice and have pull off the musician powerful but effeminate persona . if the performance be unconvincing then the film will be as well . and this be what have happen here . gloss over or miss entirely be lr foray into homosexuality and voyeurism . what the temptation do so well in capture the rise of the group and wart and all and this film miss by a wide mark . what be go on with director robert townsend who start off so well with the hollywood shuffle . he a talented and funny guy but hasn not deliver anything near that first effort .