'I’m not going to come in here and serve legs because she’s known for legs. I’m going to come in here and serve acting because that’s what I have to offer.' - Angela Bassett on playing Tina Turner, from our June 1993 issue
and Michael’s mom in the ABC miniseriesshe was canonized as the Strong Black Woman. Adding raunch without necessarily forsaking saintliness, she now shakes a leg as Tina Turner inThe title song points up more than the survivor subtext—it was Turner’s first big solo hit and marks her life since Ike .
STURLEY: Don’t you have a responsibility to the story? The story isn’t always what she wants it to be, is it? BASSETT: She’s extremely honest in her autobiography. We did as much as we could in two hours and fifteen minutes. STURLEY: How did you work with Larry Fishburne to make the relationship between Ike and Tina believable?
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