Screenwriter says studio head wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet
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“Someone pointed out Julia Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, ‘It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.'”
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Screenwriter says studio head wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman
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