Daily Blind Item — Black Actress Battlefield
It’s the early 2000’s and a hot role for a black woman has just opened up. It comes with a big salary, guaranteed exposure and will almost definitely be a great launchpad for an acting career.
‘It was damn near war,’ a high-level source remembers. ‘Someone’s agent tried to bribe the producers. One actress even tried to sleep with the director. Another tried to intimidate the competition into withdrawing.’
This A list supermodel auditioned, campaigned and got rejected in the first round of interviews. She was bitter for months afterwards. Even blaming her agent.
This A list actress, who is and was respected by the Oscars, seemed to be the favourite until this A list superstar emerged late in the process, pounced like a panther and got the role over her. People were not happy with how that went down. A real casing horror story.
You’ll laugh when I tell you what the movie was.
So, tell me, Gossipers:
Who is the A list superstar that got the role?
Who is the A list supermodel that auditioned?
Who is the A list actress that lost out?
PS: Not any of the actresses in the top picture.
Ooh I like this one
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Far above my head, so I’m not a fan.
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It’s all Wesley Snipes in drag.
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1. Wesley Snipes in drag.
2. Eddie Murphy in drag.
3. Chris Rock in drag.
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Wesley made for a beautiful woman. Not ashamed to say it.
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That entire outfit is fierce.
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Eddie Murphy is going to pick him up 😉
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Somewhere Jada Pinkett Smith is screaming racism.
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Just another regular day.
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This is a blind item for the experts. Someone call Blind Buster or Reby! 😉
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I’m clueless on this.
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Could the project be the notorious Glitter disaster starring Mariah Carey?
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Glitter was developed for Mariah. No auditions necessary.
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mariah got that shit made.
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Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Kerry Washington.
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What’s the movie? Die Another Day?
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Was the Bond Girl written for a black woman? Didn’t seem so. Feels like anyone could have played that role.
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Remember hearing Whitney Houston was up for it in the tabloids. Grain of salt, though.
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kerry washington don’t have no oscar nomination.
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I’m thinking THE black supermodel for this – Miss Naomi Campbell. She’s the sort of bitch on wheels who would expect to have it handed to her and then blame everyone else when she didn’t get it.
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Think of the poor assistant that got beaten to a pulp for that.
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shot in the dark. dreamgirls. part being deena jones. super model that auditioned would be tyra. superstar that got it would be beyonce. actress that lost it would be Marianne Jean-Baptiste or Sophie Okonedo. both oscar nominees at the time.
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INVOLVE LAURYN HILL IN THAT SHIT, SISTA, SHE TURNED DOWN EVERYTHANG.
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preach. blame brother anthony for that.
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Dreamgirls wouldn’t be early 2000’s. More mid 2000’s. Like this for a guess, though!!
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Dreamgirls went into production in the early 2000’s, but I thought Beyonce was the top choice from the start.
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“Panther” must be a clue. Angela Bassett must be one of them – think she’s the only BP cast member working in the early 2000s. “Horror Story” is another clue. I don’t watch it, anyone have any idea.
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Looking at Bassett’s IMDB, she’s in Horror Story. Also since she’s the one who pounced, I guess she’s the one that got it. But her early 2000s films are shitty. I don’t see any “launchpads” so I guess it isn’t her.
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Superstar makes me think of someone who aint an actress. Wouldn’t call Bassett a superstar, anyway. Very talented. Not that famous.
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Agreed, so I don’t think she was the panther that one it tho I still think she’s one of the people from the clues and her roles in “Black Panther” and AHS.
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AHS barely has any black women. That’s why I’m struggling so bloody much with this one.
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This would mean we live in a world where Angela Bassett has lost out on a role and I am not sure I can accept that.
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It’s bad enough Halle Berry was considered to be the best black actress for years.
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Beyonce The Pink Panther movie
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Maybe Austin Powers Goldmember
Beyonce Foxxy Cleopatra
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Like this. It was a big part and the third movie in a successful franchise is a good launchpad. Super model would either be Naomi Campbell or Tyra Banks, the superstar would be Beyonce, then the A list actress would be Angela Bassett.
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What about Beyonce as Foxxy Cleopatra in Austin Powers in Goldmember?
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Think it was “The Score” for the movie. Had Brando, De Niro and Edward Norton working together and was Brando’s big comeback.
Angela Bassett got the part
Iman or Naomi Campbell for the A list Model
Other A list actress was ???
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Yup…this is Goldmember.
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Austin powers
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