Halle Berry was busy picking up her daughter Nahla Aubry from preschool yesterday, but a particular soul diva still has the Monster’s Ball actress in her crosshairs. While Nahla was busy trying to get out of the cameras of the paparazzi, Aretha Franklin is busy trying to get Halle Berry to play her in her biopic.
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Halle has previously turned down the role because she claims she cannot sing, but Aretha is still trying to persuade Halle to change her mind saying, “I told her, ‘No one ever expected you to sing, Halle. I never thought of you as a singer.”
Aretha continued saying:
“A lot of movies come out where it’s the original artist and their songs are lip-sung to. That is how it would turn out if it’s Halle. If not, if for instance it’s Jennifer Hudson, she might sing one or two, but the rest would still be my original records. We’re definitely going to use the original records. I may re-record some things, too.”
Either way, a movie about the life and times of soul queen Aretha Franklin is tops on our list of films, but getting a 45-year-old woman to play you in your younger years? Now that’s swag!
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