Jennifer Hudson shoulders Aretha Franklin's demons in biopic Respect
Years before her death, Aretha Franklin hand-picked Jennifer Hudson to play her in the musical biopic, star but also a deep vein of personal tragedy.
Eight years would pass before Franklin - having considered other contenders, including Halle Berry - called and told Hudson she had the part. In a departure from most musical biopics, Hudson sang and recorded live on set Franklin's hits such asHudson also learned to play piano for the part, which involved 83 costume changes and 11 different wigs - including Franklin's signature beehive look.The movie spans two decades of Franklin's life, beginning with her childhood and then chronicling the years spent working on her first nine albums, each of which failed to land a single hit.
"She was able to take her own personal pain and sing all types of songs about it - songs of empowerment, sexy-romantic songs. She was always able to live her life through her music."
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