Movies: Halley Berry: Wants to play Angela Davis in new movie

Booker Rising (Nov1,2k12)
Shay Riley, editor

 

Halle Berry: "I Wanna Play Angela Davis!"

Halle Berry

From theGrio: "In the latest issue of In Style, which features Halle Berry on the cover, the actress shares her desire to play activist Angela Davis on the big screen, according to Shadow & Act. 'Her story is so fascinating. I would love to bring it to the screen. I would pick her brain to have a better understanding of her affiliation with the Black Panthers and that period from the 1960s.'"

More: "The magazine reports that Berry would be interested in making a film exploring Davis’ Communist beliefs. The Cloud Atlas actress has made her wish known before. In January 2011, Berry told Jet, 'I’ll probably never get to play it in my life and I am going to be sad until the day I die, but I really want to play Angela Davis badly. So badly.'"