Fantasia Barrino Belts Out ‘I’m Here’ from ‘Color Purple’ at Table Read

Fantasia Barrino does not do something half-ass, evident in the truth that she was singing her coronary heart out throughout a desk learn for her new movie … simply think about how the true factor sounds.

The “American Idol” alum is a part of the star-studded forged for “The Color Purple” — which simply obtained launched into theaters at this time … and which is stirring up lots of Oscar buzz, to not point out a ton of reward for the musical performances — together with one from Fantasia.

She handles one massive quantity in there, particularly, referred to as “I’m Here” … and on Sunday, her costar Colman Domingo posted a video from their remaining desk learn as a forged final yr.

Test it out … it is fairly unbelievable to see. Fantasia is absolutely in character as Celie, and she or he’s belting out this tune with every thing she’s obtained — which makes for an superior showcasing of her expertise. You may inform the opposite actors have been impressed, encouraging her alongside the best way.

Fantasia has sung this tune earlier than … as she performed this actual function for the Broadway model of ‘TCP’ — and now, she’ll be doing it for the large display — which is fairly thrilling to see.

The evaluations for this movie are fairly stellar, and it ought to make a splash on the field workplace.

Thoughts you, this model of “The Color Purple” is a full-blown musical … so we’re positive to see/hear much more performances like this one — and the early phrase is, ‘TCP’ is a frontrunner for Finest Image at subsequent yr’s Oscars ceremony since it is so freaking good.