Jennifer Lopez Brought major star power to diverse Studio presented by Audible at Sundance ahead of the world premiere of its new musical, “Spider Woman KissShe was joined for the interview by the film’s director, Bill Condon, best known for writing the Oscar-winning film “Chicago” and directing “Dreamgirls,” which co-stars with Tonatiu. Lopez was excited by saying that she had waited her whole life for a movie role like this.
“I’ve been waiting my whole life to be able to do a big musical for MGM Hollywood, and I finally get to do it,” Lopez said. Miscellaneous Matt Donnelly. “It was more [than I hoped]. Me and Diego [Luna] We were on set dancing and singing and looking at each other and it was like we didn’t want to do anything else but musicals. Diego said so! Me too. I don’t want to do anything else.”
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” is a film adaptation of the 1993 Broadway musical of the same name, which won a Tony Award for Chita Rivera for the role Lopez now plays on screen. The music is composed by legends John Kander and Fred Ebb, while the music itself is inspired by the novel by Manuel Puig.
The musical is set in an Argentine prison in 1981. Lopez will play the titular role, a fictional woman named Aurora created by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser serving an eight-year prison sentence for corrupting a minor. To escape the horrors of his prison, Molina imagines films starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, which includes the role of Spider-Woman who kills her prey with a kiss. Molina’s life is turned upside down when Marxist Valentin Arregui Paz is brought to his cell, and the two form an unexpected bond.
Lopez said the film serves as a reminder “that love heals all divisions,” explaining: “It’s about two different people coming together and finding humanity in each other and falling in love. For me, this is something special and a must-see. We’re all just human. It’s an important film.” that way.
When the subject of the Oscars came up, Lopez said she “didn’t even want to start the conversation,” though she added, “Of course, I would love to get the recognition I think he deserves.”
“Bill wrote a script for the first time in my life that I was in bed reading and I started saying it out loud. Saying the lines and laughing and crying,” Lopez said. “This is what I’ve been waiting for my whole life. This is all I wanted to do. I got into movies because of West Side Story. I thought I was going to do Broadway. I wanted to make films but I didn’t even think about recordings. I wanted to do musicals. I love musicals. My kids love musicals. My mother did. It was a dream come true to get the film done.
Before Sundance, Lopez He said diverse Working on Kiss of the Spider Woman was “probably my favorite cinematic experience,” adding: “It’s a movie about how love transcends everything – the toughest circumstances, sex, social prejudices. Everything.”
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” is one of the biggest films on sale at Sundance this year.
