Tiffany Haddish is all set to strike the ground running in her newest motion picture function.
The 41-year-old Girls Trip standout is set to represent Olympic legend Florence Griffith Joyner in a movie biopic from sports-focused studio Game1, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Thursday, June 3.
The fashion-forward track and field star, called Flo-Jo, ended up being an 1980s icon after winning 3 gold medals at the 1988 Olympics. She retired from the sport in 1989 and later on passed away at the age of 38 on Sept. 21, 1998 following an epileptic seizure.
Tiffany, who will likewise produce the task, has actually currently begun training for the function with Flo-Jo’s widower and previous coach, Al Joyner. Al is working as manufacturer and imaginative expert.
“I am looking forward to telling Flo-Jo’s story the way it should be told,” the Tuca & Bertie voice star stated in a declaration shown THR. “My goal with this film is making sure that younger generations know my ‘she-ro’ Flo-Jo, the fastest woman in the world to this day, existed.”
