Ariana DeBose Breaks Down Her Emotional ‘Wish’ Performance: ‘This Took Me Out of My Comfort Zone’
10.11.2023 - 19:10
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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor With the actors strike finally over, Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose flew from New York to Los Angeles and surprised audiences at an All-Guild screening and Q&A for Disney Animation’s “Wish.“ DeBose, who voices Asha in the studio’s latest animated feature, wasn’t able to make the film premiere Wednesday night, as the strike officially ended at 12:01 a.m. PT on Thursday. The joy in the room was palpable as she joined songwriter Julia Michaels, directors Chris Buck and Fawn Verasunthorn, and producers Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones and Peter Veccho for the Q&A to talk publicly for the first time about playing the role.
“I got a phone call. They told me that I had this job and that I’d be playing Asha, and then they played ‘This Wish’ for me, and I began to panic because it was one of the most beautiful songs I had ever heard,” DeBose said. In the film, out Nov.
22, Asha is a 17-year-old who lives in the magical kingdom of Rosas — a fantastical kingdom ruled by Disney’s newest villain, Chris Pine’s King Magnifico. Rosas is built on people’s wishes and hopes. When Asha makes a wish one night, she accidentally summons Star, an energetic character from the sky.
“This Wish” is Asha’s “I Want” song, written by the Grammy-nominated Michaels and her songwriting partner Benjamin Rice. DeBose revealed, “I don’t necessarily enjoy the sound of my singing voice. I was like, ‘This is so beautiful.
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