Beyoncé Declined to Audition for Princess and the Frog, Lost Role to Dreamgirls Costar Anika Noni Rose
Beyoncé could've been a Disney princess. Emphasis on could've. In an interview with the New York Post to plug her new book, Confessions of a Casting Director, author Jen Rudin revealed that Bey was once in the running for the lead voice role in The Princess and the Frog, but apparently her apparent refusal to try out cost her. "Beyoncé expected an offer, but wouldn't audition and so she didn't get one," Rudin told Page Six. The New York-based casting director noted that several of the singer's fellow R&B divas felt otherwise, but ultimately the part went to a lesser-known talent who was one of Beyoncé's costars in 2006's Dreamgirls. "Tyra...
- 11/11/2013
- E! Online
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