{"id":238843,"date":"2020-02-14T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jennifer-hudson-in-character-for-aretha-franklin-biopic-respect"},"modified":"2020-02-14T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:47:38","slug":"jennifer-hudson-in-character-for-aretha-franklin-biopic-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jennifer-hudson-in-character-for-aretha-franklin-biopic-respect","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Hudson In Character For Aretha Franklin Biopic &#039;Respect&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-144022\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"27.3610341644\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.9439834025\">\n<section id=\"cb-c6e43575eb13f1759f5945c495692aee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jennifer-Hudson-In-Character-For-Aretha-Franklin-Biopic-039Respect039.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Mega<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d664552e5ee9de013feeda269ec70bb2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"26.2558139535\">\n<p>What you want? Baby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennifer-hudson\/\"><strong>Jennifer Hudson<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s got it \u2026 especially if you\u2019re looking for someone to nail the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/aretha-franklin\/\"><strong>Aretha Franklin<\/strong><\/a>!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a0066502cff8107821d3d49135ff46ea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31.156779661\">\n<p>Jennifer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/forest-whitaker\/\"><strong>Forest Whitaker<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>were filming the upcoming biopic \u2014 aptly titled \u201cRespect\u201d \u2014 Friday in Manhattan\u2019s Washington Square Park. Props to the wardrobe and hair department too \u2026 \u2019cause Jennifer\u2019s got the Queen of Soul down pat.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-72a7afff38c39126dcb5b0d42193552e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581705541_814_Jennifer-Hudson-In-Character-For-Aretha-Franklin-Biopic-039Respect039.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Mega<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2be3bebe1a9c02b1dfb3c9034183df8c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Forest is playing the role of Aretha\u2019s father, <strong>C.L. Franklin<\/strong>, a Baptist minister and civil rights activist also known as the man with the \u201cMillion-Dollar Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-51fe9760a02f817afdcad0046fdd0809\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581705541_808_Jennifer-Hudson-In-Character-For-Aretha-Franklin-Biopic-039Respect039.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-747d707231b677a75773032e3bd29889\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.5882352941\">\n<p>As you know \u2026 Jennifer was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/08\/31\/aretha-franklin-funeral-celebration-of-life-greater-grace-temple\/\"><strong>reportedly hand-picked<\/strong><\/a> for this role by Aretha before she died in 2018. Seeing the Oscar winner on set \u2026 we gotta say, Franklin couldn\u2019t have chosen better.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2406aec41fc2621bcfb820ae5ee75d07\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31.4244604317\">\n<p>We\u2019ve already seen Jennifer as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/11\/04\/jennifer-hudson-aretha-franklin-movie-biopic-kiss-marlon-wayans\/\"><strong>young Aretha<\/strong><\/a>, kissing her onscreen husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/marlon-wayans\/\"><strong>Marlon Wayans<\/strong><\/a>,<strong> <\/strong>in November \u2026 and now we\u2019ve got another look.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6101cf89ead4eed51c64e22fa78d91e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Bottom line \u2026 Jennifer ain\u2019t gonna do you wrong when \u201cRespect\u201d hits theaters this summer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/14\/jennifer-hudson-in-character-aretha-franklin-movie-biopic-respect-forest-whitaker\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/jennifer-hudson-in-character-for-aretha-franklin-biopic-respect\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mega What you want? Baby, Jennifer Hudson\u2018s got it \u2026 especially if you\u2019re looking for someone to nail the role of Aretha Franklin!!! Jennifer and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}