Celeb News: Octavia Spencer joins Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures

ForeverNow90

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Octavia Spencer is on board to co-star as Dorothy Vaughn opposite Taraji P. Henson in Fox 2000’s “Hidden Figures.”

The story centers on Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), a brilliant African-American mathematician who, along with her colleagues Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson, served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. The Tea

This is shaping up to be major. Get it Queens.

The better get Regina King or Lorraine Toussaint to play Mary Jackson

Titan

Black female talent coming for those Oscars

RunningIITheSun

fridayteenage

Seems good for representation, but a movie about math? I didn't care about A Beautiful Mind or Imitation Game, so.

ForeverNow90

^ It's mostly a period drama on race. I don't think they're making Mathematics their selling point

KylieistBoi

JHud will be the 3rd one, bookmark me

I wish they'd get Angela Bassett and she'd get her long deserved second Oscar nomination but I don't see it happening.

ForeverNow90

Khandi Alexander, Queen Latifah or Regina King would be perfect casting. I wouldn't mind Angela Bassett too.

I don't see Viola Davis playing a supporting actress to Taraji (although Viola has been in the conversation to join the cast)

Exzime.

This is exciting

Kings.

I hope this pushes Octavia back into the spotlight, ever since she won an Oscar she hadn't been in too many films and did a couple TV shows that were good but got cancelled due to low ratings (Justice for Red Band Society)