Why Jennifer Hudson Beat Out Beyonce for a Sex & the City Movie Role

One of the most popular television series of all time, HBO's "Sex & the City", is finally being made into a full-length feature film. The talk of Tinseltown is that all the major players in the hit show will be reprising their roles in the film. This could make no one happier than the many fans who assembled around their TV sets to catch the antics of sexpot Samantha, Carrie the Shoe-a-Holic, snappy Miranda, and Charlotte the Hopeful Romantic. There has been controversy over whether the movie would even be made. And according to online gossip site, MediaTakeOut.com, there appears to be even more drama going on behind the scenes of this production. Althought MediaTakeOut is not always the most accurate source of the latest celebrity news, the site very often uncovers stories with more than a few grains of truth. This latest drama centers around newcomer to "The City," Dreamgirl, Jennifer Hudson-who has been selected to portray Carrie Bradshaw's assistant in the movie. Per the gossip rag, both Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce Knowles were interested in the role, but Jennifer ended up winning the part based on a number of factors. Here are possibly the real reasons why Hudson ended up scoring the role over her bigger-than-life Dreamgirls co-star...

No Divas Allowed

Per MediaTakeout, producers were soured by the prospect of casting Beyonce because of certain demands that she made as a condition of her being part of the cast. Amongst some of her demands, she was rumored to have insisted that her movie wardrobe consist only of items from the House of Dereon (hers and Tina Knowles' line) clothing line. The public may never know whether this rumor holds a grain of truth. But other persons in the entertainment industry have alluded to Beyonce being somewhat of a "diva." Chalk it up to her Destiny's Child fame, or perhaps to the litany of promotional ads and her supersaturated media coverage; it is a rumor that has followed the curvy songstress for quite some time.