That was in a recent interview? Like from last month?
British actress to star in Whitney Houston biopic
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That was in a recent interview? Like from last month?
Yea
Bet. I remember him being asked and ignored his answer. That's on me. Him and Attack the Block/Star Wars dude are people I root for.
get these nets
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Yes.
Rest in Peace to Chadwick Boseman.
But, yes, there was an entire thread here about when he revealed that Phylicia Rashad and Denzel Washington funded Howard Fine Arts students expenses for acting workshop at Oxford.
https://www.thecoli.com/threads/hbc...ngton-paid-for-him-to-study-at-oxford.611540/
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You can do what you want to do without disrespecting the people that paved the way for you. If you scared to break barriers where you come from just say that.
Breh it doesn't matter who they get to play her. We're talking about Whitney. One of the greatest voices ever. I'd just tell them to play the real thing and I'll lip sing. Ain't gonna have me on camera playing myself cuz I'm trying to sing like whittey Huton
Apparently thats what they're doing, but imo, You don't have to be as good as the real thing. just good enough to not butcher her songs. It always ruins immersion for me when a person with a clearly weak speaking voice suddenly sounds like they have pipes during the musical number. all nasally throughout the movie like a urkel then suddenly turn into Barry White during musical numbers.
dat aint da same sandwich
links wid dem grits
SleezyBigSlim
Banned
I'm just asking them to be aware and I already am you sound like an idiot.
Mindfield333
Superstar
It’s kinda wild how Tariq can say anything and folks will run with it.
Kooley_High
All Star
I have no problem with Brits taking roles here in the US, but for historical films I can understand some of the shade going on. I think the discourse on it isnt as problematic or xenophobic, as theres been plenty of chatter with AA and other white Americans playing foreign figures. But I do think whats unique about this is that there seems to be a bigger percentage of Brits taking these roles compared to others. Sort of like how the NBA is filled with white foreigners instead of white americans.
Solomon Northrop, MLK, Malcom X (Regina King’s film), Harriet Tubman, Fred Hampton and now Aretha Franklin and Harriet Tubman. Im sure if a Frederick Douglass movie was in the works it would go to a Brit. I know part of it is due to the training and the highly developed black film industry in the US that makes a lot more black actors from abroad come here but I think having every historical AA figure played by Brits is just a tad strange.
Edit: And I have nothing against British actors, I think Kaluya and Idris are phenomenal. Its more of a national pride thing. I know the UK wont make an American a Bond for the same reasons.
Solomon Northrop, MLK, Malcom X (Regina King’s film), Harriet Tubman, Fred Hampton and now Aretha Franklin and Harriet Tubman. Im sure if a Frederick Douglass movie was in the works it would go to a Brit. I know part of it is due to the training and the highly developed black film industry in the US that makes a lot more black actors from abroad come here but I think having every historical AA figure played by Brits is just a tad strange.
Edit: And I have nothing against British actors, I think Kaluya and Idris are phenomenal. Its more of a national pride thing. I know the UK wont make an American a Bond for the same reasons.
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Now post clips of them being disrespectful towards the people of them countries
Post them making these movies in Nollywood
!!!!That actress Gabrielle Douglas may not look like Whitney, but she had her mannerisms down pat in the BET movie