Taraji P. Henson to portray first female head coach
Gyre Entertainment is producing the film, in which Henson will play a fictionalized version of Starks named Cassandra Turner, who parlays a successful stint as coach of the women's swim team at a historically black college into a shot at building the men's golf team. With available black players scarce, Turner scours Europe, Australia and Asia for hidden talents and constructs a uniquely multi-racial team. (In real life, Starks was the golf coach at Tennessee State University.)
"This extraordinary film explores one's ability to transform life's rough circumstances into distinct advantages," said director-producer Pierre Bagley. "It confronts issues of race, gender, class and cultural barriers in ways that are provocative, and sometimes hilarious.
Michael A. Critelli wrote the screenplay.
Production begins filming in New Orleans in early October.
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Dan
Why does it have to be fictionalized? Why not actualized? I'd rather hear the true story.
Take for example The Blind Side. Fantastic movie, but it flat out lied in some parts. The guy already knew how to play football, and they made him seem like a buffoon in the movie.
3 years agoby @dan1Flag