A lot of greatness is sandwiched into the two-minute video: our first looks at Halle Bailey as young Nettie, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as young Celie, Colman Domingo as Mister, Fantasia as adult Celie, Danielle Brooks as Sofia, and Taraji P. Now, back to that long-awaited trailer for 2023’s The Color Purple. And she was not gonna put herself through it again.” Of course, the film is stunning as is-and we wouldn’t change a thing-but we can only imagine the magic that Oprah and Turner would’ve created on-screen together.

“Tina Turner turned down the role of Shug Avery because she said she’d already lived it with Ike. “I remember hearing this from Quincy Jones years ago, that they had originally gone to Tina Turner in 1985 to ask Tina Turner to play Shug Avery,” Oprah said.

Oprah’s dear friend Tina Turner, who just passed away at age 83, almost starred in 1985’s The Color Purple alongside Oprah herself.

It looks good-more on that later-but Oprah also revealed an interesting piece of information about the original film. This week, Oprah met with press to officially launch the first trailer for The Color Purple. The latest evolution of The Color Purple story is coming to the big screen later this year-and we finally have our very first sneak peek into that magic!

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