Lee Daniels On ‘Well Known’ Actors In The Butler – Specifically, Oprah Winfrey
The Butler – officially known as Lee Daniel’s The Butler – has been well-received by the critics of late. Particularly lauded has been the all-star cast, but the decision to cast such a famous bunch wasn’t an easy one for Daniels.
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“I went ‘Oh my god! I got her and now what?’ She came in as OPRAAAAH,” he said. “And I was intimidated. Then I got over my own fear of directing her. I stripped her down. She was vulnerable, she was fragile, she was nervous. She came without an entourage. She wanted to be one of the guys.”