Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making of “Soul Food”
The Edmonds’ were just going to do music
When the Edmonds couple first received the Soul Food script, their company, Edmonds Entertainment, was just supposed to score what was slated to be just an independent film. But Tracey was immediately drawn to the story and the strong characters and decided that she and her husband’s company would make Soul Food its first movie. Obviously, a good choice. The movie cost $6.5 million to make and ended up grossing nearly $12 million in its opening weekend.