The Color Purple stars 'want to make Oprah Winfrey proud' - BBC News

Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks take on roles previously played by Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Warner BrosImage caption, Singer Fantasia Barrino is making her feature film debutBy Noor NanjiCulture correspondentThe stars of a new musical film version of the novel The Color Purple have said they want to make Oprah Winfrey, who acted in the previous film adaptation, proud.

Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks, who act as Celie and Sofia respectively, are taking on roles previously played by Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah in the 1985 film.

"It's really cool for them to pass the torch to us," Brooks told the BBC.

Barrino added that they wanted to "bring something new" to the roles.

The film, based on Alice Walker's classic book and the Broadway musical, follows the story of a black American teenage girl, Celie, who is born into poverty in racially divided Georgia in the early 1900s.

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