Clearly, her intimate moments with Aretha left a deep impression, as Cynthia told DuJour she felt a huge responsibility while embodying the “A Natural Woman” star onscreen.
“I really wanted to find out what she was doing in one song to another,” the 34-year-old London native said. “I wanted to pay homage to the way she would think and the choices she would make, because they were really specific.”
In fact, Cynthia took some inspirations from Aretha’s style while making her own album in 2020. “It was very strange to be playing Franklin, who’s such a huge influence on music itself, and be recording an album at the same time,” she told DuJour, which notes her album is expected to drop this summer.
Click here to see how Cynthia transformed into the Queen of Soul for the series, which premiered on March 21.