• Tina Turner turned down the position of Shug Avery within the 1985 adaptation of “The Coloration Purple.”
• Oprah Winfrey, who starred within the film, stated Turner did not wish to be in a movie about home violence.
• Winfrey stated that the singer advised producer Quincy Jones that she’d “already lived it.”

The late Tina Turner rejected a number one position within the 1985 adaptation of “The Coloration Purple,” in keeping with Oprah Winfrey.

Leisure Weekly reported that in a trailer launch occasion for the upcoming musical remake earlier this week, Winfrey, who starred within the authentic and is producing the remake, recalled that Turner was approached to play the flamboyant singer Shug Avery.

The position later went to Margaret Avery, whereas Táta Vega voiced Shug when she was singing.

“I bear in mind listening to this from Quincy Jones years in the past, that that they had initially gone to Tina Turner in 1985 to ask Tina Turner to play Shug Avery,” stated Winfrey. “Tina Turner turned down the position of Shug Avery as a result of she stated she’d already lived it with Ike. And he or she was not gonna put herself by way of it once more.”

“The Coloration Purple” explores a number of issues African-American ladies skilled throughout the early twentieth century, together with home violence, which Turner had raised consciousness about after her divorce from her ex-husband Ike Turner in 1978.

Ike Turner, who died in 2007 at age 76, met Tina as a teen and the pair fashioned a romantic relationship and a musical partnership.

Turner first publicly spoke about her abusive marriage in 1981, three years after her divorce from Ike so as to separate herself from her ex-husband.

On Wednesday, Turner’s household stated she had “died peacefully” at age 83 in her residence in Switzerland after a “lengthy sickness.”

Following the announcement, Winfrey, a longtime good friend of the singer, paid tribute to the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll on her Instagram.

In her first publish, which contained a slideshow of photos of her and Turner over time, Winfrey wrote: “I began out as a fan of Tina Turner, then a full-on groupie, following her from present to point out across the nation, after which, ultimately, we grew to become actual pals. She is our eternally goddess of rock ‘n’ roll who contained a magnitude of internal power that grew all through her life. She was a job mannequin not just for me however for the world. She inspired part of me I did not know existed.”

Winfrey continued: “As soon as she claimed her freedom from years of home abuse, her life grew to become a clarion name for triumph. I am grateful for her braveness, for exhibiting us what victory seems to be like carrying Manolo’s and a leather-based miniskirt.”

“She as soon as shared with me that when her time got here to go away this earth, she wouldn’t be afraid, however excited and curious. As a result of she had discovered the way to LIVE surrounded by her beloved husband, Erwin, and pals. I’m a greater girl, a greater human, as a result of her life touched mine. She was certainly merely the very best.”

The second tribute publish was a video of Winfrey performing with Turner on the latter’s Wildest Goals Tour and within the caption, Winfrey wrote about being “so nervous” earlier than performing however that she felt “inspired” by the “What’s Love Obtained to Do with It” singer.