Whoopi Goldberg reveals Patrick Swayze fought for her to get an iconic ‘Ghost’ role

Whoopi Goldberg reflects on her classic role as Oda Mae Brown in the 1990 film “Ghost” and tells Variety that her late co-star Patrick Swayze is working hard to get her the role.

In a cover story published on Wednesday, Goldberg said she is among the list of women considered for the part of Oda Mae, including Patti LaBelle and Tina Turner, but that Swayze fought for Goldberg to get the role.

She said the late actor and director of the film, Jerry Zucker, flew to Alabama so that Goldberg and Swayze could read rules together.

Goldberg told Variety she immediately felt a connection with Swayze, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2009.

“He and I just took each other,” she said.

Goldberg acted as Oda Mae, a psychologist who helps murdered banker Sam Wheat (Swayze) contact his best friend (Demi Moore) to warn her of impending danger.

‘The Color Purple’ actor said she and Swayze would make a joke that they would feel uncertain about how the film would turn out while filming, and wondered if it’s the dopiest thing we’ve ever done ‘, she said.

Goldberg’s iconic performance earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991, making her the first black woman to receive an Oscar in 50 years.

In 2002, she became the first black person to achieve EGOT status – someone who won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

And she continues to pioneer in the arts.

Goldberg told Variety that she’s working on a screenplay for a superhero movie about an older black woman gaining new powers.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been obsessed with superheroes,” she said. “They all save the earth all the time. But do you know who is really going to save the earth? Old black women. ”

Read her entire cover story of Variety here.

Another of Goldberg’s legendary roles has also recently come back into the spotlight.

The actor plans to return as Sister Mary Clarence from 1992’s Sister Act and its sequel, “Sister Act: Back in the Habit.”

Disney announced in December that the third film would be developed on Disney +, with Goldberg co-producing and starring in the film with Tyler Perry.

During an appearance in CBS’s “The Late Late Show” in October last year, Goldberg told host James Corden that a third film had not yet been made because she had long been told that “no one wants to see it” not.”

‘Recently it seems that this may not be true; people may want to see it, ”she said.