Zendaya Explains Why She Left The Aaliyah Biopic
Chile, production of the Aaliyah biopic is getting messy…
We were shocked when we found out that Zendaya Coleman had dropped out of the Aaliyah biopic and questioned if the young star was affected by all of the negative criticism surrounding the role. But, it turns out the Disney star dropped out of the movie because of all the problems producers were facing getting rights to Aaliyah’s music.
Zendaya took to Instagram to dispel rumors and subliminally throw shade at the powers that be.
“Let me just explain something,” she began.”The reason why I chose not to do the Aaliyah movie had nothing to do with the haters or people telling me that I couldn’t do it, I wasn’t talented enough, or I wasn’t black enough. It had absolutely nothing to do with that. The main reasons were that the production value wasn’t there, there were complications with the music rights, and I just felt like it wasn’t being handled delicately considering the situation.”
She added, “I tried my best to reach out to the family on my own, and I wrote a letter, but I was unable to do so. Therefore, I felt not really morally OK with moving forward with the project.”
Sips tea.
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