Lee Daniels Says Adaptation Of Mariah Carey’s Memoir Would Be ‘Bigger Than A Film’

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Lee Daniels has got a lot of irons in the fire. The “United States vs. Billie Holiday” director was on Sirius XM’s “Andy Cohen Live” on Wednesday and the host asked about rumours he might be adapting Mariah Carey’s recently published memoir.

RELATED: Hugh Jackman Wanted Lee Daniels To Direct A ‘Wolverine’ Movie “Are you thinking about making the book into a film? Because it’s great,” Cohen said. “I think it’s bigger than a film,” Daniels told him. “I think that if there’s so much to her thing, I think it’s an epic limited series.

I think that, I think it’s as big as Aretha’s story. I’m watching that right now, which is really good with Cynthia [Erivo].” Talking about Carey, he continued, “I think that she’s so misunderstood … I didn’t know