Los Angeles, February 5, 2025
Singer-songwriter Asher and actress Jennifer Hudson were all set to share screens once. What’s more appealing? They were almost cast to play on-screen siblings.
But things weren’t going as planned. On Tuesday, February 4th, Usher appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show, revealing to the audience and Hudson that he was about to star in Dream Girls along with her. During a stop at the show, 43-year-old Hudson asked 46-year-old Asher to share with viewers how they first met, the “People” magazine reports.
The singer said their meeting began when they first saw her audition tape for a film she heard she was preparing. “You didn’t know I was supposed to be part of that film. This film went on and won a major, major award,” Usher interrupted herself.
According to People, he introduced Hudson’s Academy Awards for portraying Effie White in the 2006 film musical.
“Are you talking about ‘Dream Girls’?” cried Hudson. “Wait, were you planning on being in ‘Dream Girls’? ”
“Yes,” Usher replied embarrassingly. Shocked, Hudson asked who was supposed to portray, and told the audience: I didn’t know you didn’t know the story,” he replied.
He then explained that he was on tour at that point, “it was a scheduled conflict that made me unable to play the character.”
Usher did not explicitly reveal what role he was playing, but Playville reported in May 2005 that he was ready to portray CC White, Effy’s brother, Hudson’s . Ultimately, the role went to Keith Robinson.
“I was very excited about what would happen. (i) I tried so hard to get around that, but unfortunately I didn’t allow the schedule,” Asher said. . “I would have been part of my history with you.”
“But I’m part of my history with you, because we’re all celebrating such a talent for encouragement for the young women here,” he added.
