Oprah Winfrey appeared at CinemaCon for her first time in Las Vegas to present a new film that is near and dear to her heart – a musical reboot of 1985’s acclaimed “The Color Purple”
Oprah Winfrey appeared at CinemaCon for her first time in Las Vegas on Tuesday to present a new film that is near and dear to her heart – a musical reboot of 1985’s acclaimed “The Color Purple,” based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker. Winfrey, who starred in the 1985 film alongside Whoopi Goldberg and earned an Oscar nomination in the process, is a producer on the new film, which is a cinematic rendering of the 2005 Tony Award-winning musical.
Henson, who plays Shug Avery, Danielle Brooks, who portrays the character Winfrey originally played, Sofia, and “American Idol” champion Fantasia Barrino as protagonist Celie. Henson echoed Winfrey’s sentiment about the new movie being “full circle” for her, since the Walker novel as well as the film featuring Winfrey had a huge impact on her in the past. She said she used to do monologues from the movie in acting class in college.
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