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Whoopi Goldberg has recently opened up about major movie roles she received after three stars rejected them.
The View co-host discussed her experience in entertainment industry in the new Apple TV+ two-part documentary Number One on the Call Sheet, which celebrated Black artists of Hollywood.
Whoopi, who landed an Oscar nomination for The Color Purple role, confessed that her next movies took on roles that were turned down by other big-name stars.
“You discover that you get what you get, and for me, I went and found stuff,” explained the 69-year-old.
The actress and host mentioned, “I wanted to know what people were not gonna do.”
“Things that they had greenlit and then said, ‘No, we’re not gonna do [it] ’cause the person dropped out,’” pointed out Whoopi.
The Sister Act actress remarked, “So that’s how I got Jumpin’ Jack Flash, ‘cause Shelley Long wasn’t gonna do it.”
“That’s how I got Burglar, ‘cause Bruce Willis wasn’t gonna do it. I got Fatal Beauty because Cher wasn’t going to do it. I got Sister Act because Bette Midler wasn’t going to do it,” said Whoopi.
Meanwhile, the actress added, “Ghost, that wasn’t written for me either. But then Patrick Swayze said, ‘I want her.’ So that’s how I got Ghost.”
