Precious is a movie about an obese illiterate girl who suffered from battle abuse and teen pregnancy. This is a critically acclaimed story authored by Sapphire. With its huge success, Madonna has submitted her intent in producing the film.

“There was this really earnest college student with his backpack on who wanted to do his first film, and then Madonna wanted to produce it,” the writer reveals in this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly.

“I was like, ‘Madonna? I don’t think this is her film,’” she added. “I remember this one producer told me that he had found Precious—and it was going to be Brandy,” a shocked Sapphire said. “Excuse me? I literally almost hung up on him.”