Wait, what??
Julia Roberts is an amazing and phenomenal actress, but to have her play Harriet Tubman makes absolutely no sense.
Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard says the ridiculous scene went down more than 25 years ago in a pitch meeting about the Tubman project. Howard says the exec told the room ... "This script is fantastic. Let's get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman."
Roberts was widely considered America's Sweetheart at the time after starring in a string of hits like "Steel Magnolias," "Pretty Woman" and "The Pelican Brief."
Howard says when someone pointed out to the studio exec that Tubman was black and Roberts shouldn't play the role, he replied ... "It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference."
Yep, no one is going to know the difference. Hokay...
More HERE and check out the trailer for the new movie HARRIET below: