Yeah, I don’t like or agree with this statement at all. “Uglying up a pretty actress”? I take major offense to this. Nina is beautiful and Zoe as Nina is beautiful. I know you probably didn’t mean it that way but you implied what beautiful is or means, and it’s disrespectful to Nina to say that’s what they did. I…

Many, many other articles I’ve read have mentioned at length that lots of actresses, and of course Mary J. turned down the role. Zoe even turned down the role. So it’s really easy to say that the should have just cast someone else that looked more like Nina. YES the bankability and recognition of a star in a movie is…

So just read this article which is Zoe actually talking about why she took the role. Fantastic perspective. I personally think a lot of actors question their ability to do justice to a role. It’s such a huge endeavor to study the person, work to embody them and then bring the role to the screen that i think its prob…

Most of the time it is waaay too expensive to use the actual music for a movie. Probably the rights aren’t available either. So I can’t wait to hear how Zoe performs the songs. Sounds like it’ll be impressive at least!

As far as I’ve seen or red, Zoe isn’t going all over on a press junket talking about herself. She made a respectful movie about a singer and human being she loves and is letting the movie, and Nina’s music speak for itself.

If you’ve read other articles you’d know they tried to get a lot of singers, and actors and many, many passed on the role. Zoe passed on the role originally but when it wasn’t going to get made she agreed to help bring Nina’s story to the screen. And if you haven’t seen the film then how do you know if she ends up…

Uh, yeah, Don Cheadle did play the trumpet in the movie. That’s Zoe singing in the trailer. And if everyone is saying her voice blew them away, including her bandleader and her friend for over 40 years, then why would you think it’s anything but impressive? Is it a dead on exact match for Nina? Probably not, and…

Wow, so much hate here. Easy to be a hater on the internet. Hide behind things. Would you say all these things to Zoe’s face? Have you even seen the film? I for one have read enough good things about Zoe’s performance that I can’t wait to see it. There’s such a double standard here and with most of the negative…