Fantasia Barrino reveals why she ‘hated’ starring in ‘The Color Purple’ on Broadway

Star Wars, but had to pass on the opportunity.During an appearance on Wednesday’s (January 17) edition of The Tonight Show, the two-time Oscar winner recalled how she was approached to play the iconic sci-fi character, which would later become a breakthrough role for the late Carrie Fisher.Foster had to turn down the part, however, due scheduling conflicts with the original Freaky Friday film.“I was [offered the role], but I had a conflict,” she told host Jimmy Fallon. “I was doing a Disney movie, and I just didn’t want to pull out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract, so I didn’t do it.

Carrie Fisher‘s Star Wars character Princess Leia is one of the most famous heroes of all time. However, the leader of the resistance could have been played by a very different actress: Jodie Foster.

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The stars of The Color Purple are here at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards!

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The sisterhood between Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks began on Broadway. That is, the sisterhood of the order of The Color Purple. Both women starred on stage in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer-prize winning novel. Barrino spent 10 months in 2007 playing Celie, the poor country girl who survives an abusive step-father and husband and realizes her worth.

pretty woman with pretty high morals.During her iconic three-decade movie career, the actress has never appeared naked on camera, and in an interview with British Vogue, she explained why she’s kept her films “G-rated.”“You know, not to be criticizing others’ choices, but for me to not take off my clothes in a movie or be vulnerable in physical ways is a choice that I guess I make for myself,” she said. “But in effect, I’m choosing not to do something as opposed to choosing to do something.”The 56-year-old was interviewed by screenwriter Richard Curtis, whom she worked with on the film “Notting Hill,” for her British Vogue cover debut.During the feature, Roberts said that her famous cousin may be why she’s never felt the need to take it all off onscreen, even when she played a prostitute in the 1990 hit film “Pretty Woman.”“Not long ago, I did my whole family tree with the brilliant Dr.

Paula Lane may be best known as Coronation Street’s Kylie Platt, but the actress reveals she’s swapping the cobbles for the countryside as she heads to the Woolpack for her Emmerdale debut as Ella Forster. Paula spent six years in Corrie that ended in 2016 with Kylie’s murder by Clayton Hibbs, and she’s now looking forward to the change of soap scenery. “I think it’s a natural fit and, obviously, I’m from Yorkshire, too,” she says.

Fantasia Barrino and Oprah Winfrey wear shades of purple at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 7) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Fantasia Barrino is sharing how she really felt about playing the lead role of Celie in The Color Purple on Broadway.

The movie The Color Purple is currently in theaters and winning over audiences around the country!

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Oprah Winfrey was part of the original 1985 film cast of The Color Purple, but decided not to make a cameo in the 2023 version in theaters now. If you don’t know, Oprah portrayed the role of Sofia in 1985 and was Oscar nominated for her role. She acted as a producer this go around.

The movie musical The Color Purple is now in theaters and you’ll be running to listen to “I’m Here” over and over after you see the film!