Faith Evans to play Florence Ballard of the Supremes in biopic
The story of the tragic member of the Motown trio to be filmed in Atlanta
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Faith Evans, whose new album Something About Faith, dropped Tuesday, confirmed on V-103 this morning that she'll be starring in the upcoming biopic on the life of Florence Ballard of the Supremes, which begins filming in Atlanta in January.
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Ballard, a founding member of the Supremes, ended up as the tragic figure of the group. Relegated to singing "ooohs" and "aaahs" with Mary Wilson behind Diana Ross after Motown founder Berry Gordy made Ross the focus of the trio, Ballard never adjusted and was eventually replaced by Cindy Birdsong.
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While Gordy and Smokey Robinson have made it their mission to uphold the legacy of Motown, disassociating the historic label from the loosely-based musical Dreamgirls, the similarities between the real Florence 'Flo' Ballard and Jennifer Hudson's character Effie White in the film version are striking: