Although the consensus around the Internet is that Beyoncé is a terrible actress, she reportedly has her sights set on receiving an Oscar. Not only has she been taking acting lessons, but according to The Sun, she is writing a movie role for herself.
The singer is penning a script about South African woman Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman, who was placed on exhibits in Britain and France in the early 1800s because of her large buttocks and genitals, which were seen as abnormal by Europeans. She was put on display under the name Hottentot Venus, and after she died in 1815, her genitals and brain were presented for public viewing in Paris until 1974.
“She now wants to write a screenplay that gains her respect — and hopefully awards — from the film industry, and thinks Saartjie’s story could be her ticket,” a Hollywood insider said about Beyoncé, according to The Sun. “Winning an Academy Award would mean everything to her, and she’s a woman who is used to getting exactly what she wants.”
After starring in several other acclaimed films that garnered no awards for her, this film could be just what Beyoncé needs to become part of the elite group who have won both a Grammy and an Oscar.
Do you think Beyoncé could pull off writing and starring in a movie about Sarah Baartman?
