{"id":192464,"date":"2025-09-11T22:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/jennifer-lopez-recalls-missing-out-on-evita-role-to-madonna\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:01:14","slug":"jennifer-lopez-recalls-missing-out-on-evita-role-to-madonna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/jennifer-lopez-recalls-missing-out-on-evita-role-to-madonna\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez recalls missing out on Evita role to Madonna"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jennifer Lopez spent “weeks” preparing to play Evita – before Madonna<\/a> landed the part.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Lopez was eager to play Evita in the movie<\/p>\n

The 56-year-old singer was desperate to play Eva Peron, the Argentine politician and activist, in the 1996 biographical musical drama film, and Jennifer felt devastated when the role was awarded to Madonna<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a question-and-answer session, Jennifer shared: “I went to audition for Evita for [director] Alan Parker.<\/p>\n

“I had been practising for weeks and I sing my heart out and he goes, \u2018You\u2019re amazing. You know Madonna<\/a> has the part, right?\u2019<\/p>\n

“I said, \u2018OK, bye-bye. Nice to meet you.\u2019”<\/p>\n

\nJennifer is currently starring in the big screen adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, the new musical drama film.<\/p>\n

\nThe actress is fulfilling a long-held ambition by starring in a musical film, but she still felt a little overwhelmed when director Bill Condon asked her to perform one of the movie’s more elaborate songs in one take.<\/p>\n

\nJennifer shared: “I was like, \u2018We\u2019ll do some coverage?\u2019 He was like, \u2018Nope, no coverage.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\n“I was like, \u2018F*** me! I better get it right then.\u2019 Like halfway through the take it\u2019s going perfectly and then you trip on your dress or whatever so it\u2019s like, maybe we start over. <\/p>\n

\n“It was challenging. It was challenging in that way, time wise, as independent films can be, right? It\u2019s the time, it\u2019s the prep, it\u2019s the, you know, budget. All of it were constraints for us.”<\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile, Jennifer admitted earlier this year that she feels “proud” of her career.<\/p>\n

\nThe chart-topping star – who has enjoyed huge success in the music and film industries – reflected on her career arc ahead of hosting the American Music Awards in May.<\/p>\n

\nJennifer told People: “Everything feels like I just did it.<\/p>\n

\n“I remember the moments. I remember getting dressed for them. I remember things people said when we were walking to the stage afterwards. <\/p>\n

\n“So it\u2019s all these amazing core memories of my life that when you look back on them \u2026 I don\u2019t know that I get emotional, but I definitely get like, \u2018Wow.\u2019 Happy. I\u2019ve been doing this and I\u2019m proud of that.”<\/p>\n

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