![]() ![]() Working alongside Bailey as her adult counterpart, Entertainment Weekly announced last month Ciara will play the adult version of Nettie. Oprah Winfrey also told Vanity Fair that Colman Domingo will play the role of Mister, Celie’s abusive husband, and Halle Bailey will be playing the young version of Celie’s sister, Nettie. Barrino performed in a 2007 production while Brooks was in the 2015 revival, winning a Tony for her performance. And I know you’re gonna kill it.” Both Barrino and Brooks played their respective roles in the stage musical during separate runs. “I’m so happy to pass whatever baton from 35 - almost 40 - years ago to you. “I am here representing all things purple to tell you that you are our Sofia,” Winfrey told Brooks during the special. Barrino and Brooks were previously announced during Oprah Winfrey’s ABC News special Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising. ![]() Batiste joins Ciara, Fantasia Barrino, and Danielle Brooks the latter two will reprise their roles as Celie and Sofia. Henson’s Shug Avery, Batiste will make his on-screen acting debut in the film, according to Deadline. Playing Grady, a piano player and husband of Taraji P. Five-time 2022 Grammy winner and musician Jon Batiste is joining The Color Purple line-up.
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