Why Robin Roberts Added TV Movie Mogul To Her ‘GMA’ Duties With ‘Mahalia’ MORE: DeadlineContenders
The biopic on the late great gospel superstar singer Mahalia Jackson is the second film in a deal Roberts has with Lifetime to bring stories of great meaning to her to the small screen. The first was the well-received, and now Roberts continues to stay in the world of real-life people and inspirations in bringing Jackson’s story to Lifetime.Related Story. No two days are the same, especially, you know, nowadays with all that’s going on in the world.
“I knew the basics, but I was more intrigued on the humanity of who this woman was, and so, once I discovered more about her, about her marriages, and how she dealt with money, and all the businesses she ran and all of the things that made her who she was, then I was like yo, I got to play Mahalia Jackson. So, when Kenny called me, I was like OK.
“And so, you can have a vision, you can have a concept but until you have people who can bring it to life like Danielle did, and the entire cast, and Kenny Leon, how he directed them, and so, it was many years…we got ready for it…and everything fell into place, even during Covid. I don’t know if we could have done this film without Danielle Brooks. I believe that with all my heart.”
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