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Says “Respect” director Liesl Tommy, “Part of the work Jennifer had to do was develop a more raw, earthier sound, which is what Aretha had when she found her own true voice and left the jazz sound for the soul sound” - referring to when Franklin overhauled her whole approach in moving from Columbia Records to Atlantic in the mid-‘60s, a turning point in the movie’s plotting, as in real life.
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Yet that passion didn’t mean the singing parts of the movie didn’t require just as much acting, if not more, because Hudson is anything but a Franklin sound-alike, even though a lot of moviegoers who haven’t paid close attention will assume she’s a natural ringer for the “Natural Woman.” And then for her to eventually say she wanted me to play her, and now 15 years later, it manifested and it’s happening, it blows me away.” “When I was on ‘American Idol’” - (as you may remember, Hudson was and surely always will be the show’s most legendary seventh-place finisher) - my audition song was an Aretha Franklin song, ‘Share Your Love With Me.’ So that was a dream of mine. “And I said the only thing I could think of that would feel like that to me would be to be able to play Aretha Franklin.” It wasn’t the first time the thought had occurred to her. “Back then people were like, ‘Is there gonna be a “Dreamgirls 2”? What could you do after this?’” recalls Hudson. “It was about 15 years ago when Aretha (Franklin) and I had our first discussion about my playing her,” says the star of “ Respect.” It’s not a coincidence that this is also the 15th anniversary of something else momentous - Hudson delivering her Oscar-winning performance in “Dreamgirls” - since it was seeing Hudson in that role that provided her a eureka moment about who could pass the bar to portray her on screen.
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For Jennifer Hudson, it’s a happy anniversary.