Raven Goodwin will tackle on the role of actress and the first Black actor to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, in the new film “Behind the Smile,” Deadline was first to report last week.
The indie film will be produced by Jami McCoy-Lankford of Hillionaire Productions and Global Genesis Group. Gregory Blair wrote the script. A director has not yet been attached to the film.
Raven Goodwin. @ravengoodwin / Instagram
Goodwin also shared the news on her Instagram page on Friday, Jan. 8, with a screenshot of Deadline’s report making the announcement. “This is WILD!” the 28-year-old wrote. “So happy to announce that I’ll be portraying THE Hattie McDaniel. This is so meaningful in so many ways! Just know I’m ready to take on the responsibility! Much love!!!”
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Raven Goodwin Is Hattie McDaniel For ‘Behind The Smile’ Biopic
The breakout star from Lifetime’s ’The Clark Sisters’ will play the first Black person to ever win an Oscar.
Hollywood, but her next role aims to take her to another level.
The actress, who had a breakout role in
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, has been tapped to play Hattie McDaniel, the first Black person to ever win an Oscar, in
Behind the Smile. The biopic is being produced by Jami McCoy-Lankford of Hillionaire Productions and Global Genesis Group, with the script written by Gregory Blair.
“Raven Goodwin is such a phenomenal talent and a gift to this project,” McCoy-Lankford said in a statement to Deadline, the outlet that broke this news. “In our first meeting on Zoom, she already showed the kind of passion that is befitting such a complex and iconic character as Hattie McDaniel was.” Blair’s screenplay will focus on the inspiring and harrowing story of McDaniel, who famously pl