Hudson first came to fame in as a finalist on "American Idol. Fast forward to and Hudson is now a Grammy winning singer and an Academy Award winning actress whom Franklin handpicked to portray her in the biopic "Respect" prior to her death in Hudson won the best supporting actress Oscar in for her performance in "Dreamgirls. I would not have been able to go as deep as I did to tell the story in an honest way without my own life experiences.
Through evolving cast changes and delays in pulling together Franklin's passion project — ultimately landing with director Liesl Tommy and a cast including Forest Whitaker as Aretha's domineering father, the Rev. Franklin — Hudson honed her Aretha Franklin performance, working four hours a day to play piano for the screen.
I'm aware of that," Hudson says. I can peck just a little bit. When Franklin died, it was Hudson, dressed in black, who steeled herself to give the stirring version of the gospel singer's "Amazing Grace," which brought Franklin's mourning family to their feet. While filming "Respect" in Atlanta in late , Hudson says, she would feel the singer's presence as she went through 83 period outfits, 11 wig changes and re-created historical performances such as at Los Angeles' New Temple Missionary Baptist Church — where Franklin's smash hit gospel live album "Amazing Grace" was performed.
The feelings were especially strong during one raw scene in which Franklin hits bottom with her drinking problem and sees a vision of her beloved deceased mother, Barbara Audra McDonald. Hudson, whose own mother died in , kept the makeup off and her hair untamed. So many pieces of this felt true to me. In , she filmed a movie called Respect , where she plays Aretha Franklin. She even eventually began a career on Broadway by starring in The Color Purple in In the midst of her illustrious career, Jennifer also went a physical change.
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