Al Pacino became an unexpected inspiration for Jamie Foxx after welcoming a child with producer Noor Alfallah in his 80s, giving Foxx a very Hollywood answer to the question of whether 58 is too late to start another parenting chapter. After decades of turning comedy, music, and dramatic acting into one unusually versatile career, Foxx is now approaching another role with considerably less rehearsal time. The actor is expecting his third child, his first with Alyce Huckstepp, and admits he initially had some doubts. 

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Jamie Foxx turned his own life into the deeply personal Netflix special What Had Happened Was.... Fatherhood, however, apparently came with a different kind of performance anxiety. At 58, with two daughters already grown into their own lives, Foxx was not automatically convinced that going back to diapers and school drop-offs was the obvious next move. However, Al Pacino changed his mind, which Foxx explained helped recalibrate his thinking in an interview with E! News.

"Being my age, I was a little on the fence.  But then I ran into Al Pacino a few months ago," Foxx said. He continued that talking to Pacino, who welcomed his son Roman two years ago, helped him to let go of his fears.

“I said, ‘Al, you gonna be back in the drop off line?’ ” Foxx joked. “I said, ‘Aw man, shoot I’m good.’ ”

The conversation he revealed with E! News made one thing clear to Foxx: if The Godfather legend can have a baby in his eighties, so can he. For Foxx, who already knows what it means to raise daughters into adulthood, Pacino represented something more useful than reassurance: a reminder that there is no expiration date on being present for another child. 

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And that joke lands differently when viewed against Foxx’s actual family history.

Jamie Foxx is already the father of Corinne, 32, and Anelise, 17, and his relationship with Corinne has evolved into a genuine professional partnership. The pair co-host Beat Shazam, where their father-daughter chemistry has become part of the show’s appeal. Corinne has also described Foxx as someone who creates an atmosphere where people can work without taking themselves too seriously.

Now Corinne is preparing to become a big sister again, and she is not exactly approaching the news with apprehension. “He’s the best dad in the world,” she said, adding that he is going to “thrive and excel.” His daughters have lived through the different chapters of his career, including the frightening health crisis he experienced in 2023, and their support has become part of how he understands this next phase of life. 

Foxx is therefore entering fatherhood again with something he did not have the first time around: decades of perspective, two daughters who already know exactly who he is, and Al Pacino serving as the world's most unlikely reference point for the school-run schedule.

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