Whoopi Goldberg: Till was a passion project
Whoopi Goldberg committed to 'Till' because she was "interested" in the film. The 66-year-old actress both stars in and produces the movie about Emmett Till – a 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman - and revealed that it was a passion project for her. Speaking to Collider, Whoopi said: "I've only (ever) wanted to do stuff I'm interested in and stuff that I thought was interesting. It doesn't necessarily have to be interesting to other people. "It only has to really interest me, that's always been the same. So getting to do this was a gift becaus...