Baller Alert
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
No Result
View All Result
Baller Alert
No Result
View All Result

Julia Roberts Was Apparently Suggested to Play Harriet Tubman in Biopic

by Regan
November 20, 2019
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
Julia Roberts Suggested to Play Harriet

Splash News

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The screenwriter for the film “Harriet” reportedly revealed that a Hollywood executive thought Julia Roberts would’ve been great as the lead in the biopic.

In an interview with Focus Feature, Gregory Allen Howard, the film’s producer and screenwriter, revealed that when he first started working on the film 25 years ago, in 1994, Roberts’ name was apparently suggested for the title role. “I was told how one studio head said in a meeting, ‘This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,’” Allen said.

“When someone pointed out that Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, ‘It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference,” Howard said, later adding in an exclusive statement to Baller Alert that the executive “out of the business now.”

Howard, who studied Harriett Tubman’s life as a history major at Princeton University, always knew just how remarkable her story was.

The project would take over twenty years before the stars aligned to bring it to the screen. Howard brought other real stories to the screen, including the award-winning 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans and the 2001 boxing biopic Ali as a successful screenwriter.

Julia Roberts Suggested to Play Harriet
Splash News

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Discover more from Baller Alert

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Tags: Harriet TubmanJulia Roberts

Related Posts

Death of Georgia Infant Decapitated During Childbirth Ruled Homicide
News

Georgia Couple Wins $2.5M After Baby Was Decapitated During Delivery and Autopsy Video Was Posted Online

June 23, 2025

A Georgia couple has been awarded nearly $2.5 million by a jury after a tragic childbirth turned into an unthinkable...

#image_title
News

Gas Could Hit $8 in California as Two Major Refineries Shut Down

June 23, 2025

Gas prices in California could soar to $8 a gallon as two of the state’s largest refineries, Phillips 66 in...

DHS terrorism alert
News

Homeland Security Issues New Terror Alert Over Fears of Iranian Retaliation After U.S. Airstrikes

June 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a fresh national terrorism alert, cautioning that recent American airstrikes targeting Iran's...

Trump Declares “Make Iran Great Again” While Floating Possibility of Regime Change
News

Trump Declares “Make Iran Great Again” While Floating Possibility of Regime Change

June 23, 2025

Donald Trump raised eyebrows Sunday night by floating the idea of regime change in Iran following U.S. airstrikes on the...

Next Post
Jussie Smollett Reflects on 2019 Hate Crime Scandal: "I Felt Very Disconnected From That"

Jussie Smollett Suing City of Chicago For Malicious Prosecution

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Baller News

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

* indicates required

Follow Us

Subscribe to Blog

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

© Copyright 2024, Baller Alert Inc. All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
%d