Bette Midler has a 'crazy' confession... She turned down the chance to star in Sister Act all because she didn’t want to wear a nun costume!
and The First Wives Club, it still places Bette in the ‘Tom Selleck rejecting Indiana Jones’ club.
The two-time Oscar nominee also gave further details on the reason for turning down the movie, explaining, rather bizarrely, that it was because she was ‘afraid’ of wearing the habit. ‘They came to me with Sister Act and I said, “My fans don’t want to see me in a wimple.” Can you believe that? How off the wall is that? How crazy is that?’ she said in a new interview.
‘ Jeffrey Katzenberg called me every day, “Please, please.” I stood my ground because I was really afraid of the costume. Isn’t that amazing? I can wear anything but a nun’s habit?’ Bette admitted she was ‘afraid’ of the costume and didn’t think her fans would want to see her as a nun The lead role ultimately went toVariety’s podcastThe first movie spawned a quick-fire sequel, with Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit out at the end of 1993, welcoming Whoopi’s returning co-stars Dame Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena and Mary Wickes, as well as newcomers to the franchise Lauryn Hill, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
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