Cynthia Erivo On Why It Has Taken Decades To Finally Bring Harriet Tubman To The Screen – And Why It Was The Role Of A Lifetime -The Actor’s Side
Cynthia Erivo is just one Oscar away from adding her name to the exclusive club of EGOT winners — meaning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. You might recall she won the Tony for her stirring portrayal of Celie in the Broadway revival ofa show she first played in London. The Emmy came for a TV performance of a song and scene from the show, and the Grammy came for the cast album.
Her Oscar shot has nothing to do with that show, but it did open doors to Hollywood because just last year she co-starred in two big fall movies: Steve McQueen’splaying a leading role in the latter — something that shocked her when she was hired. That anecdote is how our interview starts for this week’s edition of my Deadline video seriesIn both of those movies Erivo got to play badass women.
Erivo and I talk about all aspects of playing this amazing woman and also why it has taken Hollywood all this time to bring her story to the big screen. It is astonishing that it has never been told before in a major motion picture, but it is now and Erivo just might be adding an Oscar nomination to her impressive résumé, and she has two shots to complete that EGOT, since a Best Actress nom is likely as well as one for a song from the movie, “Stand Up,” which she co-wrote.
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