MTV talked with the lovely Brit actress recently who spoke out about her singing ability in the film incarnation of the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical and revealed only some of what we hear will be her:
"With no disrespect to Renée Zellweger, who has a nice voice, 'Chicago' can be transposed to a place that is much more contemporary. Andrew Lloyd Webber is ripping off actual operas — Mozart, Wagner — and you're singing in that style. You have to be such an accomplished singer. I could only fake it to a point. I could sing the low stuff. But the high stuff? Forget about it. There's only like 60 women in England who could sing one particular part. It was like glass breaking and dogs start howling when you are singing up there. There was no way".
As a result some of her stuff will be lip-synced in the film. In real life however, she has musical aspirations and is trying to get a record deal - "I have to get my record out before the movie's out because people are going to think I'm an opera singer and I'm absolutely not".
Driver can next be seen in "Ella Enchanted" playing "this kind of foxy nanny whose magic spells are always going wrong, and at the last moment when it really has to work, it works". Both 'Ella' and 'Phantom' are her only upcoming films for the moment, she's still appearing in a regularly recurring role on TV's "Will & Grace".
Thanks to 'FanHalen' & 'Leonardo'.
