Keeping It Real! Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, More Biopic Stars Share Their Experience Playing Iconic Characters

Seal of approval! Before her 2018 death, the Queen of Soul actually hand-picked the American Idol alum to play her in the biopic Respect. In part, the actress surmises, because of adversities — like the 2008 murders of her mother, brother and nephew — she’s overcome in her own life. “This is beyond singing and acting,” the Dreamgirls alum, 40, recently said. “I think she saw something in me…I would not have been able to go as deep as I did to tell her story in an honest way without my own life experiences.” Read Full Article