But, Christina worked so hard. ANTIN: Christina had to become familiar with the entire process of acting. Despite rumors, Aguilera and Cher got along well on the set and became friends. Ali quits her job, and then decides to. The costumes for the film's finale were made from a variety of chains I bought at hardware stores. In my experience of meeting and working with some of the greatest legends, the best ones usually are that way. and then came Cher. Ali leaves Marcus, after discovering his plans to sell the burlesque for money. It was the most challenging to everybody. We begged for five minutes of her time. The truth was that I didnt have any idea where to stand, not that I know where to stand now. It was a very time-consuming number, but well worth it! ANTIN: The first ending for the film I shot wasn't good. Many people may not know this but The Pussycat Dolls was actually a burlesque dance troupe and Antins sister Robin created a show at the Sunset Strips Viper Room that would also see quite a few celebrity performances. It can only be 50s burlesque. Show me how you burlesque! CULPEPPER: She had these little '70s glasses on, and she looked up, stopped, and said, "What are you two doing here?" At Georgia's wedding, Jack appears to call off his engagement and becomes drunk. As of 2021, Eric Dane (Marcus) and Peter Gallagher (Vince) have both appeared on the television series Grey's Anatomy (2005-present). [30] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said, "Aguilera can dance like nobody's business, but her acting debut isn't going to keep Anne Hathaway awake at night. Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin. She's not a quitter. As Aguilera boarded, Antin also sought technical collaborators to bring Burlesque's aesthetic to life, including Kaplan, production designer Jon Gary Steele, and choreographers Joey Pizzi and Denise Faye a Broadway dancer who'd worked with Rob Marshall on Chicago and Nine in early 2009. As time went by, she felt a lot more comfortable.. One night, Ali comes across a burlesque club where Tess Scali (Cher), the club's owner, and an entourage of dancers perform an opening number. When Georgia (Julianne Hough), one of the leading dancers, becomes pregnant, auditions are held in search of a replacement to fill her role. Michael Kaplan who designed costumes for the film revealed in an interview that he wanted to assign a color to Chers character Tess and actually believed Tess and Cher to be alike in various ways, especially with respect to their professionalism. Tess asks Sean what happened to all the good dancers in LA, to which he responds Dancing with the Stars (2005). Or, at least, the seemingly far-off fantasy of getting Cher who first received the script from Antin and Culpepper's friend, David Geffen to play the club owner, Tess, in her first movie role in seven years (and the Oscar winner's first-ever musical feature film). It's a very tough move that requires a lot of skill. I'd take dailies and I'd give it to an editor to put dance numbers and scenes together like a promo reel, and I showed it to Cher to show what we'd done for the last two months while she was in Vegas. It was Jack and Ali saying goodbye, and then he gets into a taxi to go to the airport to go somewhere. That night, Ali and Jack sleep together, beginning an affair. The reason Cher accepted a supporting role in a film was that she believed this may be her last opportunity to be in a starring role where she gets to sing. Scroll down to see stars you may have forgot appeared in Burlesque. Others, I lost. As movie fans, we give you content we know you will enjoy!#burlesque #backstage #musical #cher #christinaaguilera #dancer #cabaret #music #artist #audition #persuade #kristenbell #stanleytucci #movieclips #clips Buzz snowballed ahead of the film's Nov. 24 theatrical bow, to the point where press for the project fixated on gossip, to Culpepper's chagrin. CULPEPPER: If I'm doing my job, it's protecting the studio, and if Steven's doing his job, he's being an advocate for the movie. Cher's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me", which was written by Diane Warren, won the award. FAYE: I directed and choreographed Cher for many years. During the 202021 season they danced to a medley of Aguilera's Burlesque songs, which included "Express". I was thinking, "Ok, this is surreal. FAYE: She was dancing in styles she hadn't before, and you can see how gorgeously she did. At times I can be a bit snobby about movies. I said, "We're ambushing you. She did it on the day we shot it over and over. AGUILERA: In songwriting, I had to tackle both the tender moments of Ali falling in love with Jack, while also tackling the opposite energy of the up-tempo [songs] where I needed to embody and exude the powerful, sensual, and celebratory sides that encompass a woman. How many songs are left out of the soundtrack? Cher was on a soundstage doing a voiceover for Zookeeper. CULPEPPER: Cher called me to say she was on the lot [on a different stage] rehearsing her Vegas act, and to drop by. Welcome to the Quantum Realm. ANTIN: We tested the movie several times of course, and the final test was with an audience in Arizona. His warm and genuine nature encouraged me to confirm, along with him interweaving so many pieces of my love for Etta James [into the script], knowing my personal passion for Burlesque [on] my Back to Basics album, and also [with me having] performed in the original Pussycat Dolls stage show at the Roxy. WARREN: I don't ever expect anything, but it was kind of shocking [that "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" didn't get an Oscar nod]. "It wasn't a good film," the Moonstruck star told the Los Angeles Times. We tested it with an audience, and everyone agreed reshoot it! He believed in the project, but I just couldn't get my head wrapped around a story that I thought worked. It became very personal. Most of the flamboyant costumes worn by Cher were her own clothes, some of which were designed by her longtime friend Bob Mackie (interview on The Graham Norton Show (2007) / 18 Dec. 2010). That night, Ali and Jack sleep together, but the following morning Jack'sfianc, Natalie (Agron), returns unexpectedly from her play inNew Yorkand tells Ali that the engagement is still on. But it takes luck and extraordinary talent for a star to shine to the point of dazzling the public. She unknowingly walks into a burlesque club run by Tess (Cher), which is facing financial hardship despite its talented group of dancers. The difference is, in every movie, the director isn't in a relationship with the studio. She killed herself [making it], what she put into this movie, energy-wise, rehearsal time, time away from her family, her son, she gave everything. That's what we grew up on! Robert Pattinson, Kellan Lutz, Taylor Lautner were considered to play Jack, before the role went to fellow Twilight star Cam Gigandet. FAYE: We're working on this hybrid spectacular, live musical version of Burlesque that's going to stream and have extraordinary add-on features because of technology. There's a bit of the Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris, the musical Cabaret, as well as the '60s TV show Hullabaloo as well as the Follies Bergre. Amy really wanted Cher, and so did Clint. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). The performer had in fact, been a collector of burlesque archive and had researched burlesque and drag culture vividly, specifically for one of her albums. Antin wanted a big, familiar face for the role of Tess, and Antin had considered Queen Latifah or Michelle Pfeiffer for the role of the club owner Tess. I never saw [Steven] after that. Culpepper, Aguilera, and Antin all agreed on Cher, but the issue lay with the stars availability. Writer and burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee, working at her desk, 1941. At some point in everyone's life, you feel that need to remind the world who you are. I've got this." Aguilera and Cher developed a close bond behind-the-scenes of the film that emulated their characters' budding mother-daughter relationship in the movie. She was adorable, reading off her iPhone kind of scared with something prepared, and the songs blew us away. One decade after the film's Nov. 24, 2010 release, those who took writer-director Steven Antin's vision from far-off fantasy to a dream come true all attest: The memories of the magic they experienced on set are still as vivid as they were all those years ago. Looking back now, I'm thankful he kept it in. This is all her, working hard and being spectacular. Clint was driven to get her on board, and he made it happen. [43] In a 2020 interview Antin revealed a "hybrid television event/series", based on the movie, was under development. Cher. Antin filmed Aguileras performance too. It reminded me of when I was a young girl and my mom and all her friends would put on makeup together. But I don't have one number in that movie that I wish was a different number. More than just a pretty face, Gypsy Rose Lee was an author and playwright in addition to being a dancer and burlesque . When you think about Cher, she did do it her way, and she'll never go away. I'm in Cher's trailer dressing room, just hanging out and chatting. I called Steven [and told him] it was a sign he should make this movie. "[31] Stanley Tucci's performance received praise from Entertainment Weekly[32] and Empire thought the dance numbers were thrilling. But Christina quietly kept rehearsing it and trying it and working on it, and one day she said to me, "I don't need a dance double. And that's what everyone says about the movie: It's charming, it makes you smile. It was all very spontaneous. "They had to rewrite the character because I was just like, 'This girl doesnt have a lot of drive,'" she said at the time. In conjunction with the image of the modern, independent woman, these women were exploring their sexuality and flaunting their agency, although often in a manner directly dictated by the male gaze. I gave her the song thinking nothing was going to happen. It had that feel to it. it was all over the place! Electra Avellan was considered for the role of Ali. The "Beautiful" singer portrayed Ali, a small-town girl who heads to Los Angeles with big dreams and a dynamic voice to back up her determination to see her name in lights. In it, 64-year-old Cher plays Tess, the golden-hearted proprietor of a down-on-its-luck club a character to whom Cher said she can relate. Christina was the choice. When you're upright again, swirl your hips to the side towards the audience. CULPEPPER: When you want somebody and they're not available, before you move on, you have to see if it's logistically possible [to accommodate], so that's what we did: We frontloaded [Christina's solo parts] before Christmas, and we shot everything with Cher after Christmas. I had six cameras set up on a gigantic soundstage with a massive crew, and a zillion dancers around Cher that she had never worked with. She smiled and said, "Oh my God, this is going to be fun!" (2003), as Kevin Volchok and Sandy Cohen, respectively. I also developed and sold several TV shows I wrote the pilots for, so I've kept busy. The Beautiful singer portrayed Ali, a small-town girl who heads to Los Angeles with big dreams and a dynamic voice to back up her determination to see her name in lights. Jack refers her to Tess for an audition, but is rejected instantly and ushered out by Sean (Tucci). In the United States, the soundtrack was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies in October 2011. Whats happening in this Burlesque movie clip?Ali auditions to be one of the club's dancers and when she's done, she persuades Tess to take her much to the lead dancer Nikki's (Kristen Bell from Veronica Mars and Forgetting Sarah Marshall) annoyance.Click to Buy/Rent Burlesque on iTunes: https://apple.co/2BNHE2nWhats the Burlesque movie about? I should've. The Spy Kids star portrayed club doorman Alexis, who briefly takes the stage for a risqu dance number. Ali tells Tess, and together they inform the owner of the new million-dollar condos across the street; fearing the loss of business that would result from the obstruction of his prospective tenants' view, he purchases the air rights to the club's property. The "Dirrty" singer added that she channeled her lack of acting experience into the character. A few years after, we sent her the script for Burlesque. I got some cameras and shot the show over a few nights and edited together a little movie. These girls were watching it time and time again on TV, they'd watch it with their friends or their mothers or buy the DVD. Its jazz-inspired soundtrack was released ahead of the film's release on November 19, 2010 by RCA Records and Screen Gems. While preparing her Hollywood debut, Aguilera was simultaneously finishing her sixth studio album, Bionic, which released in June 2010. One has to be quick and prepared for someone like Christina in a meeting. Movies. I think you should give it to someone else. I had an initial meeting with Amy Pascal and Clint Culpepper, and I said, I just dont think shes for me. I liked the idea, too. "She reminded me of the relationship that I had with Meryl Streep [on Silkwood], when Meryl took me under her wing," she said at the time. I am more attracted to slow artsy fartsy movies that try make grand points about society or existence. The first movie is The Devil Wears Prada (2006), when Tucci's character Nigel gives Anne Hathaway' a makeover, followed by a montage set to "Vogue.". It's a hybrid television event/series taking the movie to the next level. Despite its mixed reception, the film did modestly at the box office, grossing $91 million worldwide and earning an additional $42 million in domestic video sales. -M-NUva. Christina realized this was new to her and she took it all very seriously, and was committed to working hard on getting it right. Loree said if I got her the CD, she'd get it to Cher. It was a long process. Cher started laughing hysterically and said, "Well, I hope that doesn't become necessary!". Steven got it and achieved his vision. I didn't like the way it was written, and I didn't like the set. CULPEPPER: With all the coverage, "Show Me How Your Burlesque" took the most days multiple long days. It's unbelievable. Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming Watch all you want. Steven and Christina were, creatively, on the same page. The soundtrack album features ten tracks: eight performed by Aguilera including "Express"; and two performed by Cher which are her first original recordings in 7 years. This, however, infuriates Nikki (Kristen Bell), a lead performer struggling with alcoholism. Christina Aguilera made her big-screen debut alongside Cher in the 2010 musical Burlesque, and the film's cast was rounded out with a few forgotten stars. That song is hers. The film follows Ali as she fights her way from the bar to the stage while juggling a love triangle between sensitive bartender Jack (Cam Gigandet) and wealthy real estate developer Marcus (Eric Dane).