Vanessa Williams is working with Elton John on new musical, The Satan Wears Prada. (Getty)
Ugly Betty actress and staunch LGBTQ+ ally Vanessa Williams has mirrored on loving and dealing together with her good friend, singing celebrity Elton John.
Talking completely to PinkNews on the BFI London Movie Competition premiere of the brand new documentary movie Elton John: By no means Too Late on Thursday (10 October), fellow music star Williams described the homosexual legend as a beautiful human being.
“I’ve identified Elton earlier than he introduced he was queer,” she mentioned. “I feel it was in seventh grade, strolling down the hallway and that was [when] he had simply gotten married, then he got here out shortly after.”
Elton wed German-born sound engineer Renate Blauel in 1984, with the wedding lasting three years. On the time, it was identified that he was bisexual, however in 1992, revealed that he was “fairly comfy” as a homosexual man.
Williams has been a vocal supporter of the queer group all through her profession, just lately talking up towards anti-LGBTQ+ payments within the US and sharing her expertise of dropping associates in the course of the Aids pandemic.
“I’ve adopted Elton my total life,” she mentioned. “So, it’s good realizing him because the icon, however even higher realizing him as a beautiful human being and having the ability to work with him.”
Elton has written an authentic rating for the West Finish manufacturing of The Satan Wears Prada. Williams, identified for enjoying power-hungry journal boss Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty, will play power-hungry journal boss Miranda Priestly – the function taken by Meryl Streep within the 2006 movie – within the new musical.
“It’s been incredible,” Williams mentioned of working with Elton on the present. “I imply, my dream was to create a task on the West Finish, and that is the enjoyment of getting an opportunity to create a personality, have enter about what you’re feeling the character wants at this level, musically and when it comes to the script.
“It’s been a incredible collaboration on all ranges. You will notice all of the catchphrases and speeches that you really want, however additionally, you will see an vitality not like the movie, as a result of it’s theatre. It’s dwell, it’s dancing, it’s trend. It’s amplified. You’ll have a beautiful time.”
The Satan Wears Prada opens on the Dominion Theatre, in London, on 24 October.
Elton John: By no means Too Late, directed by Elton’s husband David Furnish and Emmy-Award-winner R J Cutler, traces the early years of his profession, largely specializing in the interval between 1970 and 1975.
The movie additionally explores his popping out, his struggles with habit, plus his poor psychological well being on the top of his fame. It culminates in his closing North American live performance, on the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, in 2022.
Elton John: By no means Too Late premieres on Disney+ on 13 December.
BFI London Movie Competition is occurring throughout London till 20 October.
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