Oprah is also co-producing the biopic along with actor Brad Pitt. Image: AFP
Los Angeles:
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has joined the cast of Martin Luther King Jr biopic Selma.
Oprah, who is also producing the film alongside Brad Pitt, is now set to portray civil rights protester Annie Lee Cooper, an elderly woman who tried to register to vote and was denied by a sheriff, reports contactmusic.com.
The movie will reunite the 60-year-old with her Lee Daniels' The Butler co-star David Oyelowo, who will play Martin Luther, while Cuba Gooding Jr will star as American civil rights lawyer Fred Gray. (Also Read: Oprah felt she was a nervous wreck)
British actor Tom Wilkinson has signed on to play former US President Lyndon B Johnson, and Tim Roth will portray controversial US governor George Wallace.
Oprah, who is also producing the film alongside Brad Pitt, is now set to portray civil rights protester Annie Lee Cooper, an elderly woman who tried to register to vote and was denied by a sheriff, reports contactmusic.com.
The movie will reunite the 60-year-old with her Lee Daniels' The Butler co-star David Oyelowo, who will play Martin Luther, while Cuba Gooding Jr will star as American civil rights lawyer Fred Gray. (Also Read: Oprah felt she was a nervous wreck)
British actor Tom Wilkinson has signed on to play former US President Lyndon B Johnson, and Tim Roth will portray controversial US governor George Wallace.
