During a 1986 interview, Tina Turner revealed why she turned down a leading role in Steven Spielberg’s 'The Color Purple'
. The artist, who aspirations of becoming an actress at a young age, said she wanted to “do something that people would remember me for, something I would enjoy and be proud of.” However, when offered the role by Spielberg, Turner said it it reflected “too much back on my life with my ex-husband.”
“I mean, I’m talking always to the press about my life and now to do a movie? I’m just dragging myself down. I’m trying to forget the past because it’s done. It’s over. I finished that part of my life, and I’m not going to do a part that will remind me of what I’ve lived already,” she told Dandini. “I think Steve understood that I couldn’t do it for that reason, finally, after I really expressed what it was.
Turner also addressed the lack of acting roles for Black women at the the time, and talked about how even when offers began to come in, it was often for the role of a “hooker.”, but said that when she accepted the part, she didn’t realize she would be portraying a character who used sex work to lure her victims.
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