Bette Midler is crediting divine intervention for turning down “Sister Act.”The multi-hyphenate talent revealed that she said no to starring in the 1992 musical comedy about a woman who pretends to be a nun while in the witness protection program.
Whoopi Goldberg was instead cast in the lead role and later went on to star in its 1993 sequel “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.”“I turned them down,” Midler told Variety.
“They came to me with ‘Sister Act’ and I said, ‘My fans don’t want to see me in a wimple.’ Can you believe that? How off the wall is that? How crazy is that?”She continued, “Jeffrey Katzenberg called me every day, ‘Please, please.’ I stood my ground because I really was afraid of the costume.
Isn’t that amazing? I can wear anything but a nun’s habit?”The “Beaches” star credited Goldberg’s performance, saying,
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