Jennifer Hudson is Aretha Franklin on Respect

(ANSA) - ROME, JUNE 30 - Jennifer Hudson is Oscar-winning singer and interpreter as a leading actress for Dreamgirls, to step into the shoes of the queen of soul ArethaFranklin in Respect, a biopic produced by MGM, directed by South African journalist Teisl Tommy, out in the US at the end of the year and soon in Italy with Eagle Pictures. In the first trailer, also available online in the Italian version, they imagine them right on the notes of Respect, the 1965 song by Otis Redding, which became a global hit in the 1967 version of Aretha Franklin.
    In the first scenes we see the great artist in some fundamental moments of his journey: the difficult beginnings, the birth of the partnership with the producer Jerry Wexler (Marc Maron), and his civil commitment: "You have to make war when you can't find peace," he explains.
    Among the cast, among others also the Oscar winner Forest Whitakere one of the most awarded stars of Broadway, Audra McDonald, the new parents of the singer, and among others, MarlonWayans, Tituss Burgess and Mary J. Blige, in the part of an other star of soul, Dinah Washington.
    "It's amazing how much (the film) has assonances with what is going on - explained Jennifer Hudson - I can't find the words, but it's as if a voice from the past speaks louder today, showing how much its music was and is timeless". (HANDLE).