Whoopi Goldberg’s long-gestating Sister Act 3 is steadily coming collectively, however solely after some mandatory changes. Throughout an interview on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, The View host and Academy Award-winning actress mentioned the demise of her Sister Act co-star, Maggie Smith, has led to some adjustments for the movie. Smith performed Mom Superior in 1992’s Sister Act and its sequel, Sister Act: Again within the Behavior. Smith’s efficiency because the no-nonsense nun is without doubt one of the highlights of the collection, and filming a sequel received’t be the identical with out her.
“We’re having to make some readjustments because we just lost Maggie Smith, as you know,” Goldberg mentioned. “And so, we will get it done. We will get it done. It’s a shift.”
In Sister Act, Goldberg performs a lounge singer named Deloris Van Cartier, who, after witnessing a homicide, is delivered to Saint Katherine’s Convent in Saint Katherine’s Parish as a part of an elaborate witness safety plan. Whereas there, Deloris, as Sister Mary Clarence, quickly turns into the church’s new choir director, and hilarity ensues. Sister Act prayed on the altar of $231M on the field workplace in opposition to a $31M finances.
Goldberg has been holding the position of Mom Superior for Smith whereas figuring out the main points of Sister Act 3. Goldberg needed Smith to movie when a spot opened up in her busy schedule. Sadly, Maggie Smith died in September after battling breast most cancers. She was 89.
Talking about Sister Act 3 on The Late Late Present with James Corden in 2020, Goldberg mentioned she needed to get unique members of the solid collectively for one more movie.
“For a long time, they kept saying no one wanted to see it. And then quite recently, it turns out, that that may not be true,” Goldberg defined to Corden. “People may want to see it. So we’re working diligently to try to figure out how to get the gang together and come back.”
Ought to they recast Smith’s Mom Superior for the third movie within the franchise or introduce somebody new? We’ll preserve watching the mission’s progress to search out out. Are you enthusiastic about Sister Act 3? Tell us within the feedback part under.
