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Beyonce Knowles says she enjoyed
working on film about Detroit music scene and enjoyed working with Jamie Foxx, Eddie
Murphy and director Bill Condon on "Dreamgirls," and is looking forward to doing
more film roles.
"I got to work with the best actors. They are so polished and so supportive.
Usually, when you have Oscar-winning actors, sometimes they are not so supportive. But I
could just watch and learn," the 25-year-old singer said in an interview published in
the December issue of Prestige Hong Kong magazine. |
"Dreamgirls," adapted from the Broadway musical, stars Oscar winner Foxx
as a car salesman who worms his way into the Detroit music scene and becomes an
impresario, orchestrating the crossover of black music to white mainstream culture.
Murphy co-stars as a flashy R&B singer. Knowles,
"American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose play the
Dreamettes, who start out as Murphy's backup singers but become a sensation on their own
under Foxx's management.
"It was a great vibe," said Knowles, who fronted
R&B group Destiny's Child. "Everyone was just happy to be involved in the
movie."
Foxx won the best-actor Oscar for his performance in
"Ray," and Condon won an Oscar for adapting the screenplay of "Gods and
Monsters."
Knowles won five Grammy Awards for her top-selling solo
debut, 2003's "Dangerously in Love." Her second solo album, "B'Day,"
was released earlier this year.
Her screen credits also include "The Pink
Panther" and "Austin Powers in Goldmember."
"It's exciting to do something new and put myself out
of my comfort zone. I hope there will be more roles, and deeper roles, and this one will
help prepare me for the future," she said.
"Dreamgirls," is a DreamWorks and Paramount
Pictures. |
