Dua Lipa will star in the film next week Argyle in addition to signing the theme song. She's not the only singer to cross over to Hollywood: Lady Gaga, Akwafina and Taylor Swift also imitate veterans Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Cher, Selena Gomez, Queen Latifah and Rihanna.
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa in “Argylle.” Photo provided by Universal Pictures, Apple Original Films and MARV
In Matthew Vaughn's Argylle, Dua Lipa plays LaGrange, Argylle's very evil temptress, played by Henry Cavill, and secret agent born (but not entirely) in the imagination of author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard). She also finds John Cena in this production with a budget of $200 million. Found again? Yes, Dua Lipa and John Cena were both mermaids in Greta Gerwig's Barbie.
“The fact is that Greta has truly defied all odds. “Nobody knew what to expect from the Barbie movie,” she said in the pages of Vanity Fair. And a few days ago she opened up to Rolling Stone, saying of her new role: “It was a lot of fun, but it was a huge learning curve.” I remember when Matthew asked me to be in this film, I [pensé] that I should take acting classes”…something Matthew Vaughn talked her out of, hoping she would just be herself in front of the camera.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker: Folie à deux”. Photo from the trailer – Warner Bros.
At 37 years old, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is building an enviable filmography. If she did not impress anyone in “Machete Kills” and “Sin City: I Killed for Her”, two films directed by Robert Rodriguez, her appearance in “A Star Is Born” (2018) was alongside her good friend Bradley Cooper Admirers and juries have been thrilled since she became the first woman in history to win an Oscar, a Grammy, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe in the same year. While her role in “The Gucci Saga” (2021) has garnered more than just compliments, the role of Harley Quinn in “Folie à deux,” the sequel to “The Joker,” scheduled to hit theaters on October 4, is rousing excitement. already all hopes.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes Awards in January 2024. MEGA/WENN
More than a year ago, Searchlight Studios announced that the singer – and director, who has since signed her to All Too Well: The Short Film and The Man, the video clips of her songs – was directing her first feature film based on it would lead a script, which she also signed. No news has been confirmed since then. But at least Taylor Swift can boast of becoming the artist in 2023 whose filmed concert “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” grossed the most at $261.6 million, with the tour breaking even more than 1 US dollar also all records G.
Awkwafina
Zhen, the character voiced by Awkwafina in “Kung Fu Panda 4”. Still from the trailer – DreamWorks Animation
The rapper and comedian made a tentative big-screen debut in Singapore comedies Ocean's 8 and Crazy Rich, giving her an influence in 2018 that hasn't waned since. Of course, we saw her again in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, but in recent years she has decided to take up dubbing for animated films. So we heard her in “Migration”, released a few weeks ago, and we will find her again in the highly anticipated Kung Fu Panda 4, in which she lends her voice to Zhen, a fox who supports Po in his new adventures will accompany.
VETERANS
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez in “This Is Me…Now: A Love Story.” Photo provided by Prime Video
Producer, actress and singer Jennifer Lopez has no intention of slowing down. From February 16th on Prime Video we'll see her in This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, a companion feature film to her album of the same name, which will be released on the same day and in which we'll see Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara or Jenifer Lewis. On the big screen, she is involved as a producer and actress in the following projects, whose release dates have not yet been announced: “The Godmother”, “The Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Atlas”.
Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez arrives at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on January 15th. AFP
The 31-year-old actress, the most followed personality on Instagram, successfully works on Disney+ as an apprentice detective in the series Only Murders in the Building. This year we await her appearance in the cinema Emilia Perez by Jacques Audriard with Zoe Saldaña.
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah at a gala in Washington, December 2023. AFP
The rapper has successfully transitioned to the big screen. Queen Latifah is best known for her voice as the mammoth Ellie in the Ice Age animated films, but also prefers comedies and social dramas. She is currently working on the small screen series The Equalizer on CBS.
Rihanna
Rihanna in December 2023 in Los Angeles. Getty Images via AFP
While her big screen debut was a bit chaotic (in 2012's “Unforgettable and Forgotten Battleship”), the singer was in the cast of Ocean's 8 in 2018. And Rihanna is currently taking a leave of absence, the date of which she did not reveal. Time to take care of her two little ones.
Madonna
Madonna in Paris in November 2023. MEGA/IF
Madonna is currently in the middle of a tour and appears to have put her career as an actress, director and producer on hold for the time being. In fact, Little Sparrow, the working title that was supposed to focus on his career based on a script by Diablo Cody and starring Julia Garner, was put on hold.
Darling
Cher in Paris in September 2023. Archive photo, AFP
Cher, an Oscar winner for her role in director Norman Jewison's “Moonlight” (1987), has appeared in no fewer than 19 feature films, her most recent appearance being in 2018's “Mamma Mia!” Here we go again. On the music front, the 77-year-old star released an album – Christmas – during the 2023 holiday season.