Jennifer Hudson talks about being Winnie Mandela
Published: 2013 July 06 20:03:53 (3927 Views)
Jennifer Hudson will appear in cinemas at the end of the year as Winnie Mandela.
The 31-year-old actress stars alongside Terrence Howard in the biopic about the wife of anti-apartheid activist and former South African President Nelson Mandela.
Deadline reports Image Entertainment acquired the film at the Cannes Film Festival.
It's now scheduled to open in US cinemas on 6 September.
The film follows Winnie during her fight to free her husband from prison after he was arrested for high treason in 1956.
Winnie, now a South African politician, spent 18 months in solitary confinement beginning in 1969 for her own attempts to end racial segregation in South Africa.
The couple divorced in 1996 after nearly 40 years of marriage.
Darrell J Roodt wrote and directed the screenplay.
The release date marks a major victory for the filmmaker, whose feature will premiere four months before the Weinstein Company's own Nelson Mandela biopic, entitled Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.
Jennifer spoke about filming her role as Winnie back in 2011.
The actress, whose son was only 18 months at the time, revealed she didn't have any contact with her child throughout the process so that she could get into character.
This was despite crew trying to persuade her otherwise.
"I remember the crew saying to me 'We can bring the baby here,' and I was like 'It's OK. Winnie was away from her children, and she couldn't see them either,'" she told Pride magazine.
"It made it that much more real to me, being away from my baby too.
I got to feel what Winnie felt, and that's basically what it takes to make the character that much more real to me."
- M-Net
The 31-year-old actress stars alongside Terrence Howard in the biopic about the wife of anti-apartheid activist and former South African President Nelson Mandela.
Deadline reports Image Entertainment acquired the film at the Cannes Film Festival.
It's now scheduled to open in US cinemas on 6 September.
The film follows Winnie during her fight to free her husband from prison after he was arrested for high treason in 1956.
Winnie, now a South African politician, spent 18 months in solitary confinement beginning in 1969 for her own attempts to end racial segregation in South Africa.
The couple divorced in 1996 after nearly 40 years of marriage.
Darrell J Roodt wrote and directed the screenplay.
The release date marks a major victory for the filmmaker, whose feature will premiere four months before the Weinstein Company's own Nelson Mandela biopic, entitled Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.
Jennifer spoke about filming her role as Winnie back in 2011.
The actress, whose son was only 18 months at the time, revealed she didn't have any contact with her child throughout the process so that she could get into character.
This was despite crew trying to persuade her otherwise.
"I remember the crew saying to me 'We can bring the baby here,' and I was like 'It's OK. Winnie was away from her children, and she couldn't see them either,'" she told Pride magazine.
"It made it that much more real to me, being away from my baby too.
I got to feel what Winnie felt, and that's basically what it takes to make the character that much more real to me."
- M-Net
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