{"id":2015161,"date":"2025-09-11T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2015161"},"modified":"2025-09-11T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:34:10","slug":"i-had-been-practicing-for-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-had-been-practicing-for-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Had Been Practicing For Weeks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong> recently recalled how she faced some rejection early on in her acting career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, September 10, the pop star, 56, attended a Q&amp;A for her upcoming movie <em>Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/em>, and revealed that she had tried out for the 1996 musical <em>Evita<\/em> but didn\u2019t book the role, according to <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/columns\/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-one-take-musical-numbers-1236515104\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI went to audition for <em>Evita<\/em>\u00a0for [director] <strong>Alan Parker<\/strong>,\u201d the \u201cJenny From the Block\u201d hitmaker recalled. \u201cI had been practicing for weeks and I sing my heart out and he goes, \u2018You\u2019re amazing. You know <strong>Madonna<\/strong> has the part, right?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI said, \u2018OK, bye-bye,&#8217;\u201d Lopez laughed. \u201cNice to meet you!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Ruymen \/ UPI Photo Service\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Madonna, 67, famously starred as Eva Per\u00f3n in the film, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1997 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, everything <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-ready-let-loose-200727473.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:worked out in the end;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">worked out in the end<\/a> for the <em>Selena<\/em> actress, who was thrilled to sign on for <em>Kiss of the Spider Woman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt couldn\u2019t have been a better one for me, I don\u2019t think,\u201d Lopez explained. \u201cI was really really glad to be able to do it, step into <strong>Chita Rivera\u2019s<\/strong> shoes and <strong>S\u00f4nia Braga<\/strong>, and everybody who kind of did this role before me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Catch <em>Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/em> in theaters on Friday, October 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lopez recently recalled how she faced some rejection early on in her acting career. 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