Oprah Winfrey Visited ‘The Color Purple’ Set And ‘Burst Into Happy Tears’
etcanada.comNearly 40 years after Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King starred in “The Color Purple”, the two were overcome with emotion when they visited the set of the forthcoming 2023 reincarnation of the 1985 film.
Oprah Daily went inside Winfrey and Gayle’s first set visit, which saw them fly to Savannah, Georgia to watch the cast perform the film’s finale. READ MORE: Exclusive: A First Look At Oprah’s New Documentary ‘The Color Of Care’ Exposing Racial Inequalities In The Health System “You all know movies are filmed out of sequence, which can often be challenging.
On the actors’ first day filming together, they had to actually shoot the very last scene of the movie,” Winfrey noted. “When Gayle and I saw the cast perform the finale, we couldn’t help but give a standing ovation,” she continued. “We nearly ruined the scene with our clapping and screaming, but they were so incredible.” The outing, which marked Winfrey’s first work trip in more than two and a half years, also saw her “burst into happy tears at the very first sight of the gifted Danielle Brooks,” who takes on Winfrey’s former role as Sofia. READ MORE: Oprah Winfrey Explains Why She Stayed Home For 322 Days During The Pandemic, ‘Appalled’ By American Healthcare “It felt like the baton was truly being passed on in one of the most special moments in my life.
We both hugged and ugly cried together,” Winfrey shared. Twenty years after “The Color Purple” was released, the TV personality went on to produce the Broadway musical, which Brooks also starred in.
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