Jennifer Hudson to play Billie Holiday in Film??????

The director who cast Diana Ross as Billie Holiday is considering doing a remake of this film to provide audiences with a holistic picture of this amazing woman. (He wants to deal the sensitive matters of her personal life, her being misused and raped by her manager and her issues with bisexuality).





I thought that Diana did a "decent" job with Billie Holiday although they look and sound nothing alike. (Diana was placed in that leading role b/c of her mega-star status in the 70's)


My QUESTION FOR YOU:





1. We all know that Jen won an Oscar for her role as Effie in Dream Girls, but do you think she is ready to take on a COMPLEX character like Billie Holiday.





2. Besides the fact that both women are "thick" they look nothing alike and sound nothing alike. Jenn's style is gospel and Billie's style is more of an eclectic jazz sound. In my view Billie's closest "vocal" match would be Anita Baker, Roberta Flack, India Ire, Eryka Badou or Jill Scott!!





What are your thoughts???

Jennifer Hudson to play Billie Holiday in Film??????
You make some awesome points. I think Jen's a great actress, but her and Billie aren't even comparable musically/lookwise. Maybe she'll brow me away, I think she's cool, but totally different from Holiday.


I would love to see a more true to life story of Billie, I sure hope those folks know what they're gettin into.
Reply:Diana Ross has aready played Billie Hoilday; so let be. By the way that was a good movie.
Reply:Jennifer is a great actress she was able to set the world on fire with her performance in Dream Girls. I personally think she is ready for this part this gives herself the chance to prove that she is not just rnb but she is jazz to and that she can do it. Yes, it is true that her and Billie look nothing alike but Diana Ross really didn't favor Billie either, Billie looked way, way, way better than Diana so why couldn't Jennifer do it. She has already shown what she is capable of.
Reply:The artist who sounds more like Billie Holiday would be Chrisette Michele. Listen to her CD I Am. She also could play her in a movie. I hope she gets an opportunity to audition.