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Why was Idina Menzel in this?


It's not like she's an actress who can sing. She's a singer, that's what she does. And this was a musical. Why was she in this if she wasn't going to sing? Was there a deleted scene I never saw? Were there intentions to have her sing that fell through? Has she been in any other role that didn't involve singing?

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Originally she was to have a duet with Edward, but it was cut from the film.

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Idina liked the fact she didn't sing. She's commented that it was refreshing to be hired purely for her acting and not just singing.

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She's been in plenty of roles, both on film and TV where she did not sing. Idina is both an actress and a singer.

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I would think for any reason an actor or an actress would make a movie for a paycheck, that I would think would be the main reason for acting in it, otherwise why else be in a movie plus I bet the casting director thought she was right for her role, otherwise I am sure she wouldn't have been in the movie then. That is if you work why do you work for a paycheck you know to get paid for the job you do.

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She didn't want to sing. She wanted to act. And the people behind the film were fine with that.

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I disagree that she's just a singer. She's certainly that but she's also an actress.

I will say, though, that having her in a musical and not having her sing is a waste of her talent. She has an amazing voice!

Lizzie

To love another person is to see the face of God! - Les Miserables

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She is an actress as well as a musical performer!

Its that man again!!

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She's in it because she has the right of "creepy" face for the other woman. Frankly, I think she can't sing very well - her voice is too screechy. I thought she was awful in the TV production of Chess (with Josh Groban). Obviously, I'm in the minority here, but I still think she was cast in Enchanted because she looks like the girlfriend you love to hate.

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You don't think Idina Menzel can sing? That might be the most ridiculous opinion I've ever heard of.

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I'm with you tman.

To say Idina cant sing is so ludicrous, anything else they say is frankly worthless.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

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