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A Hollywood producer suggested that’ Pretty Woman’ Julia Roberts should play Harriet Tubman according to screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard. The suggestion was made back in 1994 and when someone pointed out that Julia couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded by saying “It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.” For over 25 years, Howard said he was unable to make the historical drama about the former slave turned freedom fighter. When ’12 Years A Slave’ became a hit and did a couple hundred million dollars worldwide and then ‘Black Panther’ blow the door open for ‘Harriet’ to be made with the changing climate in Hollywood.
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Black Twitter Wants To Know In What Dimension Could Julia Roberts Ever Play Harriet Tubman?
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Black Twitter Wants To Know In What Dimension Could Julia Roberts Ever Play Harriet Tubman?
[caption id="attachment_3064698" align="alignleft" width="1011"] Source: JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX / Getty[/caption] When you wonder how films like Green Book get made, you have to look to clueless execs who believe these white savior stories are what we actually want to see. But could you imagine if these same gatekeepers tried to pass off one of our actual Black heroes as a white person? That would never happen, right? Well...according to Gregory Allen, screenwriter and producer of the film Harriet, he came across this exact type of white nonsense when a film exec suggested that Julia Roberts play Harriet Tubman. You know, the former enslaved that used the Underground Railroad to free our ancestors from bondage. Entertainment Weekly reported that Allen shared an unbelievable story of when he first pitched the film in 1994, the white Oscar winner's name was thrown out to play Harriet Tubman. “I was told how one studio head said in a meeting, ‘This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,'” Allen explained in a Q&A with the film's studio Focus Features. (Sadly, he did not share the name of the exec or say if they were still living.) “When someone pointed out that Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, ‘It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.'” [protected-iframe id="8fb0c7ab8833b6ffc33718feca04e6f2-32316310-98495040" info="https://giphy.com/embed/tRzd704xXId2w" width="480" height="360" frameborder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowfullscreen=""] Talk about the audacity of it all! How did this person figure we wouldn't know the difference between our Black queen and Erin Brockovich? Make it make sense! Whether this actually happened or Allen is just trolling us, naturally Black Twitter had all kinds of questions, so much so that #JuliaRoberts starting trending. Here's what they had to say:
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