“And one of the first things she said to me was, Are you shy or somethin'?
You’re not gonna eat?'
And I said ‘Well, Iamsitting at the table with Aretha Franklin,'” she recalls, laughing.
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Still, her decision didn’t become finalized publicly until years later, in a memorable incident.
“Just think of how many albums she had!
And how many different eras.”
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“It’s so rare in Hollywood that you see color when you walk on a set.
“And watching what Jennifer had to do as a performer every day…
I’m just acting, right?
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But she’s dancing, she has dialogue, she has to play piano, she’s singing live.
One thing Tommy insisted on during the film’s shoot: that all the performances be sung live.
And it all forms in the moment,” she tells EW.
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“You don’t overproduce a talent like that, it’s better that it’s raw.
That’s when you could connect.
“Ooh, child,” Hudson confides, “We had so much fun with the clothes.”
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She wasn’t after the polish, she wasn’t after conveying perfection.
She was about showing soul.”
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