Article: RE-MAKIN' WHOOPI GOLDBERG CHANGES SEXES IN HER NEW FILM, BUT SHE HAS REFUSED TO CHANGE HERSELF FOR HOLLYWOOD.(Entertainment)

It was an offer she couldn't refuse. Whoopi Goldberg wanted to look like Marlon Brando.

In her latest movie, ``The Associate,'' which will open nationwide Friday, Goldberg's character disguises herself as a white man to be taken seriously in the business world.

``They asked me, `Which white man do you want to look like?''' Goldberg recalls. ``I said, `Make me look like my favorite actor.'''

Done. Her face was altered with white pancake makeup and chunky prosthetic cheeks. Her body was padded to make her look like Brando - well, Brando about 100 pounds ago.

The effect was convincing, Goldberg reports.

The first day on the set, ...

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