Jennifer Lopez Recalls Losing ‘Evita’ Role to Madonna After Late Audition

Jennifer Lopez Recalls Losing ‘Evita’ Role to Madonna After Late Audition

Jennifer Lopez was ready to give it her all when auditioning for Evita, but had no idea Madonna had already landed the part. “I went to audition for Evita for [director] Alan Parker,” Lopez, 56, said during a Wednesday, September 10, Q&A following a screening of her new movie musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, per Variety. “I had been practicing for weeks, and I sing my heart out.” She continued: “And [Parker] goes, ‘You’re amazing. You know Mado…

Jennifer Lopez missed out on iconic musical role for auditioning too late

‘You know Madonna has the part, right?’ Lopez recalls being told

Jennifer Lopez On Evita Audition: ‘Prepared Singing My Heart Out, Then Madonna Had Part’

Jennifer Lopez recalls her Evita audition and stars in Kiss of the Spider-Woman, releasing October 10. Discover her journey from auditions to musicals.

Jennifer Lopez Talks Losing ‘Evita’ Movie Role to Madonna After Preparing for Weeks to Audition | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Jennifer Lopez is starring in the new movie musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, but she had her eyes set on a different movie musical nearly 30 years ago! The 56-year-old entertainer opened up about her Evita audition while attending a Spider Woman screening and Q&A on Wednesday (September 10) in Los Angeles. Keep reading to find out more… “I went to audition for Evita for [director] Alan Parker,” Jennifer said during the Q&A session. “I had been …

Jennifer Lopez recalls losing 'Evita' role to Madonna

Madonna and director Alan Parker on the set of ‘Evita’ (Getty Images) Imagine if instead of Madonna it had been Jennifer Lopez starring as Eva Perón in the 1996 movie Evita. According to JLo, it could have happened. Variety reports that during a post-screening Q&A for her new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jennifer recalled her previously failed attempts to land roles in movie musicals. One of those was Evita, which was directed by Ala…

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Jennifer Lopez worked for weeks on her audition for the musical film "Evita" ... only to be told she lost the part to another superstar moments after she was done trying out.