Why Tina Turner Passed on Starring in Steven Spielberg’s

[{"selector":"#anim-6fa7fb9b-c5fd-42ce-82df-f5e2b23d36b2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(18.695651983959475%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-73beb507-27a5-4c3e-96cf-1e0c154340d2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a4203e67-9c67-48ee-9bda-55b243688ffc","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 42.77017%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6c80c4c9-13ab-495d-ae14-b650ae7842ea","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-44fa8c48-1b4c-4163-b787-4e95c0bce723","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 240.26138%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Why Tina Turner Passed on Starring in Steven Spielberg’s

[{"selector":"#anim-2a92622c-fa35-4d4f-acd7-84ab6ef8b272 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(14.792175825480095%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1e93d899-5b77-499b-ae6c-9a43b00b6946","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3f34141c-2a4a-4d3a-9be3-f9d637322319","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 44.55099%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f2d0a4cb-087e-41a2-897c-54474d6eca2d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3fdba861-d1b0-4897-b88b-ec67ba724b6f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 116.69843%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] In a 1986 interview with Luce Cinecitta, Tina Turner explains why she turned down the leading role in Steven Spielberg's 'The Color Purple.'

[{"selector":"#anim-34d4a2fe-dbf6-49cb-93ad-0ebee59fcb63 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(35.66284170987768%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a1563052-e31e-436f-b3d3-7721e83a4113","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d4b11cb3-cfa5-4470-a654-af8c027d1e0c","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 44.00305%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fd237dfa-93e8-47ae-8328-8dc9b183999c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-414347fe-d038-412d-93aa-3dffe6fa8514","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 130.91168%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Turner says she was "very flattered" to be offered the role of Celie, but she ultimately decided against it because she didn't want to spend a year in Mississippi filming the movie.

[{"selector":"#anim-e73665b2-2ad9-4351-9af1-f685ebd7707c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(29.071044794878915%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a6549045-0b27-4160-b9ad-dd9604816296","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6ee5c491-e933-4d7f-b145-8fa8888129d4","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 46.33181%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c7014352-f379-4306-9ca8-788a1be79f25","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b11366d0-fb66-4e4e-9775-5dfa9bc92620","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 116.69843%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "I'm not a method actress," Turner says. "I can't just go to work and forget about my life. I have a husband and children and I want to be with them."

[{"selector":"#anim-8d06b86b-93bc-4dca-81dc-3a03e9c19648 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(15.048543477236304%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-55c49d68-2294-4489-907c-de64d2d1e590","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dc2bea19-a66e-4d85-996c-cb3618285814","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 45.50989%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eb1b5006-4f40-4a13-af48-cfed3dd3695b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6d254690-7904-49c0-bd3d-d2ce7241beb9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 116.69843%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Turner also says she was concerned about the movie's violence. She don't want to see myself being beaten up on screen".

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[{"selector":"#anim-06ca4bf5-9a78-419c-bc11-87bd8df0d078 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(21.83754976253345%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-92750dfb-69fd-424d-8e10-44d0c7a81ec9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a4eab2ad-0990-490c-9760-2f9644ce0cce","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 44.00305%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-296caf91-af0a-483d-981d-a999ac467c2e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1852b3b0-ce87-4a9b-9406-c44183487e3a","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 177.58460%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] She says she's excited to get back on the road and perform for her fans "It's my passion."

[{"selector":"#anim-597697bd-8434-4dda-a560-86f88e92a7ad [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(29.977416870691243%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-597922b0-64b4-4009-bc78-5de868070b7c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ee75a557-349d-4c3e-86dc-17fad56590f4","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 43.45510%, 0) rotate(310deg)","rotate(-310deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(310deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4c406484-5044-40a2-a810-95536546936a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0873ab0c-7d16-4d26-af30-350ee195eab8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 240.26138%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Turner is a true icon and she's sure to continue to entertain fans for years to come.

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