Taraji P. Henson Praises ‘The Color Purple’ Vocal Coach for Helping Her “Unlock Some Thangs Vocally”

In The Hollywood Press reporter’s cover tale including The Color Purple’s celebrities Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino, in addition to manufacturer Oprah Winfrey (that starred in the 1985 adjustment routed by Steven Spielberg), Winfrey confessed she was at first reluctant concerning whether Henson had the vocal capacity to play Shug.

“I mean, I loved Taraji and watched her on Empire and all the things, but none of us knew Taraji could sing. And yes, she can,” claimed Winfrey.

In the THR cover tale, and a succeeding viral meeting with Gayle King, Henson mentioned her stress over the degree she goes to in her profession regardless of her years of effort.

“I’ve been getting paid and I’ve been fighting tooth and nail every project to get that same freaking [fee] quote,” she informed THR.“And it’s a slap in the face when people go, ‘Oh girl, you work all the time. You always working.’ Well, goddammit, I have to. It’s not because I wish I could do two movies a year and that’s that. I have to work because the math ain’t mathing. And I have bills.”

She included, “Listen, I’ve been doing this for two decades and sometimes I get tired of fighting because I know what I do is bigger than me. I know that the legacy I leave will affect somebody coming up behind me. My prayer is that I don’t want these Black girls to have the same fights that me and Viola [Davis], Octavia [Spencer], we out here thugging it out,” Henson states. “Otherwise, why am I doing this? For my own vanity? There’s no blessing in that. I’ve tried twice to walk away [from the business]. But I can’t, because if I do, how does that help the ones coming up behind me?”