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"Taylor Hackford has been tapped to direct a new feature film based on the life of Aretha Franklin.  The soul singer recently revealed her and Hackford&amp;#039;s picks to play her father, minister and civil rights activist C.L. Franklin to Glamour magazine.   &amp;quot;[Hackford] mentioned Denzel [Washington] first, and I was thinking of Billy Dee [Williams],&amp;quot; Franklin explained.  &amp;quot;And when I thought about Malcolm X, and what he [Washington] did with that, I said, &amp;#039;Yes! He could do it. He could handle it. If he put a little more weight on and glasses, he could handle it&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Franklin has not decided who she wishes to play her in the film, though she mentioned a few likely candidates.    &amp;quot;We have Jennifer Hudson, we have Halle Berry, and Audra McDonald. That&amp;#039;s the last three,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I went to see Audra in Porgy and Bess, and I was very impressed with her dramatic ability. She was terrific.&amp;quot; Hackford is best known for Ray, his award-winning biopic about Ray Charles starring Jamie Foxx in the title role. Watch Aretha Franklin performing &amp;#039;Respect&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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