The story goes that the legendary singer Aretha Franklin thought long and hard about exactly which multitalented performer had both the musical chops and the acting depth to play her in “Respect,” …
“I’m so mad at myself for not asking her that question!” laughed Hudson whenEven so, Hudson has a theory. “But I feel like while we were filming, I think it goes beyond the singing and how Jennifer sings and acts. It’s within the scene when Aretha’s mother comes to her; it felt so true to my own life. And in the moment I was like, ‘I don’t think I would’ve been able to tell the story without my own life experience and triumphs,’ and I feel like she saw far more than what I saw.
“Oh my God, definitely,” said Hudson. “I feel like that was the takeaway for me: owning your voice. She was always big about that. And it wasn’t until she owned her voice that we got our Queen of Soul. So if we all took that moment to go within ourselves and own what we have, what king and queen lies under there?”
Franklin, said Tommy, infused everything she did with a simple creed: “To that thine own self be true. She never pretended about who she was, what she believed in, what she cared about. She fought for herself and for Black people her whole life. And it didn’t matter what level of celebrity she was. She identified what she cared about and that was the center of her world. And I think that all of us could take a lesson from it.
“I hope Ted White sees the movie and is pleased by the way we handled his character, because we could have painted him as a monster,” explained Wayans. “When you fall in love, people don’t see you fall in love, so it’s so easy for them to go, ‘You should leave that person.’ No, no, no, no, you need to see them fall in love and see why they’re there and see them trying to rescue each other from their damage.
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