Plucked from the crowds of eager egomaniacs on America Idol to break out in Dreamgirls, she is a strong presence on screen and proof that anyone, even those who queue for hours to perform in front of Simon Cowell can make it big, and Variety are reporting today that she has signed on take the lead role in the Darrell J. Roodt film Winnie.
Adapted from the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography Winnie Mandela:A Life Hudson has landed a dream role as the complex, often larger than life character of Winnie Mandela will require a worthy performance.
According to Variety,
“I was compelled and moved when I read the script,” Hudson said. “Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary woman and I’m honored to be the actress asked to portray her. This is a powerful part of history that should be told.”
Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela- “necklacing” people (putting a tyre around their neck, filling it with petrol and setting fire to it), living in opulence in slum, her personal bodyguards kidnapping and killing people, the folks of Soweto rising up against her and attacking her mansion because of the oppression she forced onto them? Or how about her committing adultery or the misappropriation of funds that finally ended her political career?
Or will all of that be left off the big screen in this adaptation of an “extraordinary woman”?
It's great that they are finally telling Winnie's story. But I think it real mess up that they want to make a buck off her life and story, but she can't read the script. I'd would be extremely offended if you took my story made money, receive acclaim and left me completely out of the process.
You should rely on better sources than the mass media Jay.