Terry Gross spoke with Cynthia Erivo in 2021 and asked her about playing Aretha Franklin ... heard of a land on a faraway strand. Right? She sings, (singing) I have heard of a land on a far ...
Erivo is now globally recognized for her most recent role as Elphaba in “Wicked,” which earned her second Oscar nomination ...
“Poor Cynthia Erivo ” might seem like an odd thing to think about a Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated superstar whose film ...