#SoundsAboutWhite: Julia Roberts Was Once Suggested to Play Harriet Tubman

[sandstorm]

Julia Roberts was suggested to play Harriet Tubman by studio exec, says Harriet screenwriter https://t.co/9XlW4oF6gl
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 20, 2019

Today in "Ha, wow, they....they really did that.", it was revealed by Gregory Allen Howard ("Harriet" screen writer) that way back in the year 1994, they were working on another Harriet

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[saintclaire87]

I saw that Julia was trending and was like uh oh, but I did not expect this bullshit. lol

But it's not really surprising since way back then, they would not let Julia and Denzel kiss in the Pelican Brief.

[whereisglory]

That was all Denzel, though. Julia was all for it but Denzel insisted on no-kissing.

[kels]

Their characters do become romantically involved in the book, but Denzel thought that the audience didn't want to see an interracial romance, so he was the one who nixed the idea for the film.

[maltwhitman]

I remember my screenwriting professor saying mainstream movies with an interracial or gay couple can only work if they don't end up happy together. He said that's why Brokeback Mountain worked. He said that's why Rise of the Planet of the Apes was good lmao.

[tucker]

[shabelles]

i love this gif

[yami_no_hoshi]

Exactly what I thought of

[solsty]

Hahaha this show was amazing

[rhapsodeeinblue]

No way... HOW??

Also 1994 was a big year for movies now that I'm looking it up

[masterofmystery]

just saw this on twitter even before clicking it:

Julia Roberts
Trending with: Scarlett Johansson

sounds about right

[brennans]

i guess scarlett passed on the role?

[andisprohi]

Harriet tried to pass on the role, too

[analievelyn]

i think you mean Tilda Swinton. Scarlett would have been too young