During the notable artist’s appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show Friday, Khan, 69, couldn’t resist the opportunity to chuckle as she guaranteed that she turned down Steven Spielberg’s proposal to star in the exemplary 1985 film after Jennifer Hudson got some information about projects Khan had declined throughout the long term.

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“Interesting you ought to ask that,” Khan said. “Well you realize I turned down Purple, the film.”

Khan’s response seemed to stun both Hudson, 41, and her audience. The Regard star shouted “What?” at Khan’s response, while various audience individuals could heard heave.

The entertainer battled briefly to recollect Spielberg’s name as she reviewed the chief requesting that she play Celie, who Whoopi Goldberg ended up depicting in the film.

“Definitely, what’s his name? The person who did the first?” Khan asked, prior to recalling that she was talking about Spielberg.

“Better believe it, he came to me and he said he maintained that me should do this film called Purple,” she told Hudson. “I was about — the way that old would i say i was? — 20, 22 tops, and he [asked me if I needed to be in] this film.” “Furthermore, I expressed out loud, ‘Whatever film?’ And he said, ‘This film called Purple,’ and he says, ‘And a film is destroyed south, it’s about the south,’ so I was like attempting to run [from] that since I was apprehensive, I was like, ‘Gracious God, a film, wow,’ ” Khan proceeded. “I like loathed school and tests and examining, you know, I said, ‘Gracious, that implies I’d need to get familiar with the content,’ ” she added.

“Envision Chaka Khan as Celie, you all?” Hudson asked her audience after Khan uncovered who Spielberg requested that she play.

“Woulda been hot,” Khan answered. “That would have been a completely separate Variety Purple,” Hudson said.

Purple, which featured Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey and Goldberg and was delivered by Spielberg and Quincy Jones, got 11 assignments at the 58th Institute Grants.

Spielberg is as of now creating a film melodic rendition of Purple, which is adjusted from the Tony-winning Broadway melodic, featuring Taraji P. Henson as the person Shug Avery, who was first played by Margaret Avery in the 1985 portion. The new film is coordinated by Barrage Bazawule.

At CultureCon New York in October, Henson, 52, enlightened audiences concerning the experience of featuring in the film melodic and the significance of having portrayal behind the camera to rejuvenate the piece for the big screen. “It was enabling,” she said. “I think you all will be encountering Purple interestingly according to a Dark point of view.”

Henson added that maker Spielberg comprehended the significance of having an Individual of color recount the story. “You will see the distinctions immediately,” she told the CultureCon participants. “That is the reason it’s significant for all you producers, journalists, anticipated makers and chiefs [to] recount our accounts.”