Jennifer Hudson shoulders Aretha Franklin's demons in biopic 'Respect'
Los Angeles (AFP) - Aretha Franklin decided Jennifer Hudson was the natural woman to play her in musical biopic "Respect," personally hand-picking the singer-actress a few years before her death in 2018. The late "Queen of Soul" shared not just a phenomenal vocal ability with the "Dreamgirls" star, but also a deep vein of personal tragedy. As the movie shows, Franklin's childhood was shattered at just nine years old by her mother's death, and her own pregnancy at the age of 12. She later battled a controlling father, a violent husband and alcohol addiction. Hudson, who rose to fame on "Americ...