“We’re sitting in a room saying, ‘Listen, we love Beyonce.
We love Rihanna, but there are other actors who can do this job.'”
But those accolades certainly didn’t alleviate the anxiety ofreviving the beloved title as a movie musical.
Beyoncé and Rihanna.Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images
‘Can you get Beyonce or can you get Rihanna?’
So we’re sitting in a room saying, ‘Listen, we love Beyonce.
We love Rihanna, but there are other actors who can do this job.'"
It wasn’t even a negotiation, because you’re not getting Beyonce."
“It’s an all-Black cast and it’s a movie that is really deep,” she said.
(Squeak) round out the star-studded cast of the film, arriving in theaters on Christmas Day.
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