Oprah Winfrey is opening up about that surprise cameo in 'The Color Purple' and revealing why there aren't others. Warning, if you haven't seen the 2023 musical remake of 'The Color Purple', spoilers ahead! Whoopi Goldberg starred as Celie in the original 1985 film and received an Oscar nomination for the role. Now, the new film sees Goldberg make a cameo as a midwife who helps young Celie give birth to her second child.
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00:00 Oprah Winfrey is opening up about that surprise cameo in The Color Purple and
00:03 revealing why there aren't others. Warning, if you haven't seen the 2023 musical remake
00:08 of The Color Purple, spoilers ahead. Whoopi Goldberg starred as Celie in the original
00:12 1985 film and received an Oscar nomination for the role.
00:16 "Everything you've done to me, I've already done to you."
00:20 Now, the new film sees Goldberg make a cameo as a midwife who helps young Celie give birth
00:24 to her second child. Winfrey, who starred alongside Goldberg in the original as Sophia
00:29 and is a producer on the new film, told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview
00:33 Goldberg was cast in part for fan reaction. She said,
00:36 "We just thought it was a wonderful Easter egg for audiences who have appreciated the
00:39 film over the years, for the diehards. And we also thought it was a lovely homage to Whoopi."
00:44 Winfrey also received an Oscar nomination for her role in the original and was on set of the
00:48 new film. So, why didn't she make a cameo in the remake? She told THR,
00:53 "Actually, I thought about it. It would have been good in the church scene,
00:56 but I thought it would also be distracting when Sophia is getting married that if the
00:59 old original Sophia was just one of the people in the church. And then they were shooting that in
01:04 the middle of Georgia when COVID was spreading, like, okay, well, I ain't sitting in that church
01:08 all day anyway. And also, I just think it's more special that it's just Whoopi."
01:11 2023's The Color Purple was released in theaters on Christmas Day.
01:15 "Even if we have to part, you and me, us have one heart."
01:20 For more on this story, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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