Spielberg Reveals Colman Domingo Nearly Starred in Scrapped Gershwin Biopic

What was said

"I was going to make a movie about Ira and George Gershwin. And I was gonna make a movie about the process of writing and staging, uh, Porgy and Bess. And I was casting it. And when Colman came in to the meeting, that was the first time I became certain— I intended after that meeting to cast him as Todd Duncan."

Steven Spielberg disclosed he had fully intended to cast Colman Domingo as Todd Duncan in an unproduced Gershwin biopic about Porgy and Bess. Spielberg ultimately decided not to proceed with the project despite having cast much of the film, marking one of the rare occasions he abandoned a production that far into development.