Watch Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in the first full-length trailer for the biopic 'Respect.'
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While Oscar winner Hudson carries the film, she's joined by an impressive, star-studded ensemble. Mary J. Blige plays singer Dinah Washington, Forrest Whitaker plays Franklin's father C.L. Franklin, Audra McDonald plays her mother Barbara, Marlon Wayans plays Franklin’s first husband Ted White, and Marc Maron plays music journalist Jerry Wexler, according to
. Hudson also reunites with Dreamgirls co-star Gilbert Glenn Brown, who plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tituss Burgess also joins the cast as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland.
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