CAN SHE EVEN DANCE??


At the "Hey Now" song performance she didn't seem able to dance. All she did was move her (then) fat tooshie side to side!!!

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i know, i don't think i've seen one step that paolo taught her used in the actual performance. but i also kept in mind that hilary (lizzie) was singing live, and it's hard to dance and sing live at the same time... especially someone who barely sings in front of people or who has never done it before.

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i thought she did fine. remember that it was her first time singing in front of anyone, let alone thousands of people. At least she moved around and didn't just stand there

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When you say 'she', do you mean Hilary or Lizzie?
If you meant Hilary, I found her dancing perfectly adequate - but that's just me. Maybe I'm into side-to-side movement of her (then) fat tooshie... =)
If you meant Lizzie, her dancing is way better than it shoulda have been - given the circumstances. But then, it's a movie and that's what dreams are made of...

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I was actually disappointed when I freeze framed the DVD on the "What Dreams Are Made Of" sequence and I realized that Hilary is only in that for the close ups! She didn't do one single step of dancing!!! Look for yourself. It's all a different girl. The dance steps were so stupidly simple anyone could have done them. That was the best part of the film and I love the song, but I was truly disappointed when I found that Hilary didn't do any of the dancing.

Fame comes and goes. Stars rise and fall. But dreams... live forever - Dreamgirls

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DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is a fat cow

Erika (Jen's friend)

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Well I think she need Paolo for some of the steps so since she was by herself I guess she did whatever she wanted to.

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But Lizzie wasn't supposed to be singing live? Wasn't Isabella supposed to be helping her out from back stage? Also...Lizzie's mike had been turned down. It did seem like Isabella sang in two different voices...

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A lot of people seem to forget something about this movie: When Hilary shot it she was A LOT younger. Even actors are minors and minors can only do so many hours of work. That's why, in the last few scenes her double does a lot more. The studio simply wasn't allowed to let her do more. Sure, a lot of us were disapointed, but that's simply the way it is. As a minor she simply couldn't put as many hours into it as other actors could.

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During "Hey Now", the front/face shots are Hillary, with minimal movements. The back shots - not showing her face, have a lot more - and rather good - dance moves. I suspect that the back shots are Lizzie dance double Nathalie Heath. I liked those moves.

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obvious body double :/

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Yea like what's been said, she couldn't work alot of hours that probably played a factor. She was 15 when they filmed it, and they probably shot at night. I know other stuff probably went into it but that's probably a part

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Fat?

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