Lee backs Snipes for James Brown role

Fallen star Wesley Snipes has been offered a comeback role once his tax troubles have been resolved - director Spike Lee insists he is the only man he wants to play his James Brown.

Many feared Lee and Snipes had fallen out when the director dropped the 'Blade' star from his new war movie 'Miracle at St Anna' - but the moviemaker insists he had to recast Snipes' role when the actor's legal woes meant he was unable to film abroad.