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LaChanze is the first actress to play the role of Celie in the musical version of The Color Purple and she now has a message for the movie’s producers.
The 62-year-old actress won a Tony Award in 2006 for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in the original production of The Color Purple. Fantasia Barrino, who is playing Celie in the movie, later took over the role six months after LaChanze left the show.
LaChanze took to Twitter on Tuesday (December 26) to share her thoughts on the movie and to make a demand from the producers.
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She said, “I am getting a lot of DM’s and posts about why I’ve been left out of the press as the original Celie in the @TheColorPurple (musical). I am thrilled for the movie’s success! Happy for all involved. However, I do want my royalty fee for the lyrics I added to ‘I’M HERE’.
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The Color Purple” in 2007 because of trauma from a sexual assault that resurfaced when she took on the role.“That was around the time that my life was so crazy, so it was almost like carrying my cross and Celie’s cross. I didn’t know how to come out of the character,” Barrino, 39, told People.Nevertheless, Barrino reprised her role as Celie — who was also a victim of sexual assault — in “The Color Purple” film, which was released last week.The songstress revealed that she almost didn’t accept the part when director Blitz Bazawule asked her to star in the film.
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LaChanze, the actress who played the central character Celie Harris Johnson in the 2005 Broadway musical adaptation of The Color Purple, posted yesterday about the new movie musical produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg.
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