First, off, it's such an amazing song. I understand why it's in so many movies. It's just an amazing song. But the king literally says,"You will find somebody. You will find someone to love," and I felt like I could do it in a new way. I felt like,"I can take this classic, amazing song and show it in a new way. And hopefully people won't be too mad about that, because it's been used in so many other films." After that, it was pretty hard.
Because I wasn't sure who was going to be cast in it, I put the Eurythmics'"Sweet Dreams" in there as a placeholder. Even though I had written it for Billy and I was like,"I want Billy to do it," you just never know. And he liked it even with"Sweet Dreams" in there. I was like,"At least if I hire a comedian or something like that, at least that song, vocally, is not as taxing.
I shot the stepsisters and about a hundred-plus single ladies from the town doing"Single Ladies." We shot that for two nights. It's amazing. It's very funny. I loved it so much. And it was right before"Whatta Man" and"Seven Nation Army," and it just felt like it was hurting"Whatta Man.
KayKayCannon More ways to Dishonor the Black man. I will not watch this. Too many Black women who can play this part.
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