The surprising reason why Beyoncé has lost for the role of Disney princess
The superstar was in the running for the head of the princess and the frog.
The princess and the Frog , the 2009 animated feature film on a working server in Louisiana in the 1920s who embraces a frog and realizes her dreams, made history to have presented Disney's first black princess . But few people know that it had almost a different advance - superstar Beyonce . In his 2013 memories, Confessions of a casting director , casting director Jen Rudin shared that the Grammy winning superstar Anika Noni Rose on one thing. Continue reading to learn more.
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Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys auditioned to be Tiana.
When the coveted role was announced, he attracted a lot of attention, and Rudin wrote that his phone "rings" with stars interested in the role, including the next top model host of America Tyra Banks And Alicia Keys . The casting director wrote that the latter's existing talent with Disney meant that going with her would have "had a politically meaning". But then the musical of the film Dream girls came out - and with him, a breathtaking performance by the future winner of an Oscar Jennifer Hudson . THE American idol The alum was quickly introduced into the hearing process, despite the difficulty in operating it with the recording calendar for its new album.
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Beyoncé was interested in the role - only one condition.
According to Rudin, there was another major singer interested in the role. Hudson Dream girls The agent of Costar Beyoncé "continued to call" to campaign for her, according to the book. However, there has been a big problem with his hearing - namely that it did not happen.
The agent of the singer of Destiny's Child "insisted that she was" offered only ", which meant that we would have to offer her the role without her having passed," wrote Rudin. These conditions apparently did not cut it for all the people involved in the role of the princess.
"" Beyoncé expected an offer , but would not be overlooked and she therefore did not get, "Rudin was cited in Business Insider.
A third Dreamgirl was finally sunk.
However, there was another actor that Rudin had favored the role from the start. Broadway interpreter, Anika Noni Rose, had played Lorell Maya Robinson alongside Knowles and Hudson Dream girls . The casting director wrote that she was thinking from the start that Rose had just a good voice and was "the most qualified" for the vocal part. She was also willing to wait for the five -month casting process.
When Hudson ended up abandoning the race, the leaders sat together in a room and listened to potential votes with their eyes closed. In the end, they did not have the impression that Keys' voice "belonged to a princess who lived in New Orleans in the 1920s". Disney ended up going with Rose to play the budding restaurant while sucking.
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Beyoncé finally joined a different Disney production.
Anchored by Rose, The princess and the Frog continued to gain more than $ 267 million at the box office .
As she failed to play Tiana, Beyoncé later played a different role in another animated film, expressing Queen Tara in 2013 Epic . She also joined the Disney cannon as another Disney princess, expressing Nala in the 2019 computer version of The Lion King . No word on the question of whether she had to audition first.
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