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Jennifer Hudson On How She Got Over Her Nerves About Playing Aretha Franklin

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RESPECT will debut in theaters tomorrow, admits portraying Aretha Franklin was no easy undertaking. “Nerves come with all of that and anxiety,” Hudson tells ESSENCE. “During filming, you can’t be your best when you’re focused on something like that.

But now those things are hitting me. I’m like, ‘Oh Lord, What in the world?'”What in the world is a buzz-worthy performance in a film audiences have been anxious to see since Franklin herself declared Hudson as her chosen woman for the job.

Whatever nerves she had about stepping into the Detroit legend’s shoes, Hudson apparently hid them well. She recalls co-star Hailey Kilgore, who plays Franklin’s sister Carolyn, remarking how calm she seemed on set. “I was like, ‘No I’m not.

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