Confirmed: Jill Scott WILL NOT BE in Woody Allen film Posted by Wilson Morales
November 1, 2012
Contrary to multiple sources, including The Hollywood Reporter and EW, who had stated that singer-actress Jill Scott has landed a role in Woody Allen‘s next film. Blackfilm.com has confirmed that she will no longer be in the project due to scheduling conflicts.
Had she been in the film, the Grammy winner would have been only the third Black actress to work with the Oscar winning director-screenwriter. With over 40 films that he’s directed, the only African American actresses cast in his films were Annie Joe Edwards in ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ and ‘The Purple Rose Of Cairo’ and Hazelle Goodman in ‘Deconstructing Harry.’
Most recently, Scott appeared in the Lifetime TV film and remake of ‘Steel Magnolias,’ opposite Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, Adepero Oduye, and Alfre Woodard.
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia native will next be seen in an episode of Fox’s series Fringe, where she plays Simone, described as “an incredibly intuitive woman, an oracle-like person, who assists Olivia (Anna Torv).” That episode will air on Dec. 7
Scott will soon starting her next film, David Talbert’s Baggage Claim with Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, and Morris Chestnut. She plays Gail Best, the best friend/co-worker of Paula Patton’s character.
Her other acting credits include HBO’s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a guest stint on Law & Order: SVU and Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? and its sequel, Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?.
