Jon Batiste to Make Feature Acting Debut in Blitz Bazawule’s ‘The Color Purple’
variety.comAngelique Jackson After dominating the Grammy Awards with five wins, including album of the year, Jon Batiste is set to conquer a new medium — acting.
The musician has joined the cast of “The Color Purple,” directed by Blitz Bazawule, for his feature acting debut.Batiste is set to portray Grady, husband to Shug Avery (played by Taraji P.
Henson). The debonair, sweet-talking piano man is described as “the epitome of charm and eloquence.”He joins a star-studded cast led by Fantasia Barrino (in her own feature film debut) as Celie, a Black woman whose personal awakening in the American South of the early 20th century is at the center of this epic story.
The full ensemble boasts Danielle Brooks as Sofia, Henson as Shug Avery, Colman Domingo as Mister, Corey Hawkins as Harpo, H.E.R.
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