Arts & Entertainment
Spike Lee Names Lead Actress in 'She's Gotta Have It' Netflix Remake
DeWanda Wise will star as Nola Darling in Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It' Netflix reboot.
FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Over 3,000 hopefuls reportedly showed up to the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Fort Greene last month for Spike Lee's impromptu open casting call for his upcoming Netflix series, a remake of his 30-year-old film "She's Gotta Have It."
Just a few weeks later, Lee has announced via Instagram that DeWanda Wise will star as Nola Darling.
Wise, a Baltimore native, is on a total streak these days: Her recent network television gigs have included a reoccurring role on "Underground" and a co-lead on Fox's "Shots Fired."
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Ms. DeWanda Wise Is Ms. Nola Darling. Da New Spike Lee Joint-SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT For NETFLIX. BLACK WOMAN MAGIC YA-DIG? SHO-NUFF. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY AND DAT'S DA 3 DECADES TRUTH,RUTH.
A photo posted by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on Oct 14, 2016 at 11:34am PDT
The original "She's Gotta Have It," which dropped in August 1986, centered on Nola (played by Tracy Camilla Johns), a 20-something artist in Brooklyn trying to juggle three relationships with three very different men while balancing life's responsibilities.
Here's the iconic trailer:
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Lee will serve as executive producer and director for the 10-episode order from Netflix. His wife Tonya Lewis Lee is a co-producer on the project.
Widespread congrats for Wise in her new role as Nola stacked up Friday on Twitter:
If you don't already know how dope @DeWandaWise is, you will soon find out.
— Randy (@pamsson) October 14, 2016
WOOT!! Go @DeWandaWise!!!! https://t.co/RqPOH6VzLP
— Tracie Thoms (@traciethoms) October 14, 2016
Holy crap, big 'ol congrats to @DeWandaWise!!! https://t.co/SOiiBgyBmU
— David Call (@davidscall) October 14, 2016
S/O to the homie @DeWandaWise . So happy for this lady. She deserves it. https://t.co/rgpfnXDpwM
— Chris Bythewood (@Cbyt) October 14, 2016
Lead image by Peabody Awards/Flickr
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