*Regina King knows what it means to speak things into existence.
The thespian shared publicly in the past that she has a desire to portray a trailblazing legend: the first black New York congresswoman and presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm.
Now her dream could be realized.
In an interview with EURweb’s film guru, Kam Williams, it was actress Kerry Washington who revealed that King will be doing her idol in an upcoming biopic.
“I just heard that Regina King is doing Shirley Chisholm, perfect casting, which is another story that has to be told,” she said.
The only other public mention of a Chisholm biopic was back in 2010, when Viola Davis was considered to portray the political leader.
Nothing is official yet, but maybe Washington has the inside word. We’ll see.
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STOP-RIGHT-THERE!!! Regina is the one . . .I like Viola and all but, her name shouldn’t even be on the list.
I think she will make Shirley proud.
Its good to see a real trained actress get the part, and not some one who is popular on the charts at the moment. Good luck Regina, I’ll be waiting for this one.
Could that be cast any better…not!! You go girl!!
Just a slight correction to this article. Indianapolis Judge, attorney and civl rights activist Frank Beckwith was the first African-American to run for president of U. S. A. He ran against Richard Nixon in 1960 and later in 1964. Shirley Chisholm was a great leader and I am VERY proud of her accomplishments. Back in the day, she spoke at my Mother’s church Galilee United Methodist in Englewood, N. J. I think she wrote an autobiography called “Un-bought, Un-bossed.” Fanteeking