The film, directed by Liesl Tommy, addresses the childhood traumas-including the untimely death of her mother-that helped inform Franklin’s singular voice, as well as the abuse she endured from her first husband and manager, Ted White (Marlon Wayans), and her eventual descent into alcoholism. “So then for her to say she wanted me to play her, it was a dream come true.” “It was my dream to play her,” says the actress, 40. She was anointed, and her life was anointed.” But Franklin clearly saw something in Hudson, asking to meet with her following her Oscar-winning performance in Dreamgirls, and finalizing the decision while Hudson was in The Color Purple on Broadway. “I sit and think about it, like, What artist is built like that?” Hudson says, via Zoom, while trying to describe Franklin’s gift.
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