11 Real Life People Who Hated The Movie Version Of Themselves
2. Winnie Mandela - Winnie Mandela
One of the first things you should do when making a biopic that features a person that is still alive is to ask them for their input and opinion, right? Wrong, according to the writers and producers of "Winnie Mandela" anyway.
The movie, which stars Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela, was slammed for its historical inaccuracy and poor writing but nobody was as angry as the subject.
Winnie Mandela has openly criticized the movie on more than one occasion with her main disappointment being that of the producer's refusal to include her. When asked about the movie, Mandela claimed that she had nothing against Hudson herself but that the movie as a whole was the biggest issue, saying:
"I am still alive. And I think that it is totAnd I think that it is a total disrespect to come to South Africa, make a movie about my struggle, and call that movie some translation of ‘The Romantic Life of Winnie Mandela.’ I think it is an insult. I don’t know what would be romantic in our bitter struggle."