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Does Cynthia Erivo Feel Competition With Jennifer Hudson Over Them Both Playing Aretha Franklin On Screen? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Cynthia Rivo stars in
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  Speaker 1: the new NAT GEO limited series Genius Aretha, which is
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  Speaker 1: one of two projects this year recounting the life of
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  Speaker 1: the legendary Aretha Franklin, the other being a feature film
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  Speaker 1: called Respect starring Jennifer Hudson Do this summer and Well.
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  Speaker 1: Some actors might see it as a competition, Cynthia sees
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  Speaker 1: it as two women honoring a worthy icon. She tells
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  Speaker 1: a p News I'm excited to see Respect. I know
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  Speaker 1: that Jennifer and Aretha were close, and I know that
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  Speaker 1: they had a conversation about the project. This is something
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer had been dreaming of doing. It's a huge honor
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  Speaker 1: and part of what I want from my life to
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  Speaker 1: be able to tell these stories of women whose stories
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  Speaker 1: have not been told but deserved to be. Episode one
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  Speaker 1: of Genius Aretha arrives on National Geographic March one that's
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  Speaker 1: direct from Hollywood,