Jennifer Lopez’s 2025 movie release Kiss of the Spider Woman has been a real dream for her. She’ll finally get to cross off her bucket list to star in a major musical film like she's always wanted. However, that time for the singer-actress could have come earlier with Evita, as Lopez recalled finding out the brutal way she learned Madonna got the part instead.
Ever since she first saw West Side Story on TV at her childhood Bronx home, Jennifer Lopez has wanted to star in a musical film. The “Get Right” singer said at a post-screening Q&A for her new movie musical (via Variety) about thinking that moment would come after auditioning for 1996’s Evita. Here was the brutal way Lopez found out Madonna got the lead, and I really feel for her:
