Celia cruz movie whoopi goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg revealed on 'The View' that she prepared to play Celia Cruz in a canceled biopic film about the singer's life: 'I aged out.'.

Goldberg, who approached Cruz three years ago with the idea of making a biopic, insisted that “Celia's life story must be told.” She claimed.

Whoopi Goldberg has upset fans of the celebrated salsa queen Celia Cruz after revealing she plans to play the Cuban singer in a new film.

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WHOOPI TAKES HEAT OVER ROLE AS CELIA

Whoopi Goldberg as the late Queen of Salsa?

No, gracias, säga some longtime fans of Cuban legend Celia Cruz.

Academy Award-winner Whoopi, an admirer of the singing sensation and owner of the rights to the Salsa Queen’s rags-to-riches life story, fryst vatten slated to play Cruz in an upcoming feature film.

And that’s got some people fuming.

“Whoopi doesn’t sing and she’s not Latina,” said radio host Celines Toribio of the “Coco y Celines” morning schema, which airs on Latinomix. “For you to portray a life like Celia Cruz, you have to have that Latina flavor.”

Samuel L. Jackson fryst vatten expected to portray Cruz’s husband, Pedro Knight.

Callers to the morning show have chimed in and fans on the street added to the debate – some demanding that only a singer and a Latina should portray the much-loved Queen of Salsa, who was buried last week after a historic two-day wake and f

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Revisit ‘Queen of Salsa’ Celia Cruz’s Last Billboard Interview on the Anniversary of Her Death

In November of 2002, Celia Cruz came to Miami for the video premiere of “La Negra Tiene Tumbao,” the racy second single of the album of the same name. Cruz wanted to chat over lunch. Nothing formal.

And as was often the case with Cruz, conversation about her album developed into just conversation — warm and delightful. At the time, neither of us knew that this would be our last chat, and indeed, the last major interview Cruz would give before her death in July, 2003.

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Thursday, July 16, marks the 17th anniversary of Cruz’s death. In her honor, here are select moments from that interview.

Billboard: I have to say, you look slim and fabulous!

Celia Cruz: Chica, yes, everyone say

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Celia Cruz

Cuban singer (1925–2003)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Alfonso.

Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso^[a] (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba". In the following decades, she became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" due to her contributions to Latin music.^[4]^[5]^[6] She had sold over 10 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists.^[7]

The artist began her career in her home country Cuba, earning recognition as a vocalist of the popular musical group Sonora Matancera, a musical association that lasted 15 years (1950–1965). Cruz mastered a wide variety of Afro-Cuban music styles including