‘The Wiz’ Star Stephanie Mills Empathises With Halle Bailey Over Colour Controversy, Reveals “They Told Me I Was Too Dark”
‘I got so much hate mail!’ The Wiz star Stephanie Mills compares Halle Bailey backlash to her own ( Photo Credit – Bang Showbiz ; Instagram )
Stephanie Mills got “so much hate mail” when she was cast in ‘The Wiz’.
The 66-year-old actress was 17 years old when she was cast as Dorothy in the all-black retelling of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and recalled being told that late screen legend Judy Garland – who famously played the role in the 1939 movie – would be “turning in her grave” at the thought of a black girl taking on her…