According to EURWeb Angela Bassett has been cast as Coretta Scott King
and Mary J. Blige will star as Betty Shabazz in the upcoming Lifetime original movie “Betty and Coretta†. The telepic, announced as “Parallel Lives†at the May upfronts, tells the dual stories of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz as they carry on as single mothers following the assassinations of their husbands, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
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Talk about making major moves. Eurweb reports the Queen of Hip Hop soul landed a huge gig to play the role of the wife of Malcolm X.
She’ll portray Dr. Betty Shabazz in the upcoming TV film, “Parallel Lives,†which captures the lives of Shabazz and Coretta Scott King and the relationship they shared as the wives of two slain civil rights icons.
The singer is serious about her developing job in drama and told the press that she’s studying Mrs. Shabazz.
Beginning her acting career in Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,†Blige has grown significantly on screen.
Since deciding to become competitive in the drama industry, she’s taken acting lessons, and has equipped herself with an acting coach, piano coach, and dialect coach. Read More »
