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‘Respect': Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin Finds Her Voice in New Trailer (Video)

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bringing Aretha Franklin to our screens this year. Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will play the iconic singer in “Respect,” and in a new trailer for the film, we see exactly why she was the perfect casting choice.The trailer opens on Aretha as a young girl singing with her mother — played by the incomparable Audra McDonald — at the piano.

Imparting some motherly wisdom, Aretha is told that singing should always be something she wants to do, not something others want for her.“What’s most important is that you are treated with dignity and respect,” her mother says, foreshadowing what’s to come.We then see a montage of a young Aretha, as those around her begin to discover her killer pipes, before Hudson appears as adult Aretha.

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