Jennifer Hudson film “Winnie” caught in more controversy
11:06 am, January 26th, 2010
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Jennifer Hudson hasn’t even begun shooting “Winnie,” and already there’s controversy surrounding the film’s subject, Winnie Mandela, upon whose up-and-down life and marriage to one-time South African president Nelson Mandela the movie is about.
According to a leaked letter from her attorney to the filmmakers of “Winnie,” Mandela — who was convicted of fraud and the subject of some unsavory allegations — is “extremely concerned” about the biopic since “she has never been approached for consent or at all.”
The lawyer’s letter went on to say, “It is difficult to understand how a production bearing the name of an individual who has not been consulted at all could ever be appropriate or tell the full story of that individual’s life… This is certainly the case here, where our client has not responded to allegations and comment which have been made about her, precisely because she has sought to protect her sphere of personal privacy as best she can in extremely difficult and turbulent times.”
No word yet whether Mandela will try to bar production of the Jennifer Hudson film.
This is not the first controversy for the picture, which hasn’t even begun filming. When it was first announced that Hudson would star as Mandela, South African actors expressed anger that local talent had not been tapped for the film’s lead role.
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