John Leguizamo is making an attempt to push for an ‘Encanto’ sequel.
The 64-year-old actor voiced the function of Bruno within the 2021 animated musical – which follows the Madrigal household who lives within the mountains throughout the titular location – and options tracks similar to ‘We Do not Discuss About Bruno’ and ‘All of You – and revealed that he’s at all times asking Disney when a follow-up is coming.
He instructed Individuals: “I am additionally ready for an ‘Encanto 2’ when all we do is discuss Bruno.
“I am calling them day by day saying ‘When is No. 2 coming?’ They’re making an attempt to provide you with the storyline. They’re engaged on it.”
The media conglomerate is but to substantiate a sequel to ‘Encanto’, however a live performance model of the musical did run on the prestigious Hollywood Bowl in late 2022.
Composer Lin-Manuel admitted he has been stunned up to now with which of his songs have confirmed common, specifically ‘We Do not Discuss About Bruno, , which has notched up greater than half a billion streams on Spotify.
He stated: “I bear in mind my son getting off the bus at college and being, like, ‘Daddy, everyone’s singing it. What’s occurring?’”
Attributing its success to TikTok, he defined: “If you hearken to it in 15-second clips, it’s 10 songs. It was uniquely fitted to this expertise and folks went loopy with it.”
The ‘Moana’ composer was despatched the script for ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ by director Barry Jenkins and never solely was he “stunned at each flip” by the story, he knew immediately the place the musical numbers would match.
“All of us consider Mufasa because the tremendous dad who lives within the clouds and appears like James Earl Jones. Like, what’s to inform? However the Mufasa I met in that screenplay was so completely different from that, and his relationship along with his brother was actually attention-grabbing and in no way what I anticipated.
“And in studying that screenplay, I used to be form of circling the music moments — it was simply actually clear what the songs wanted to be. Possibly I used to be simply within the zone as a result of I used to be nonetheless ending ‘Encanto’ [at the time].”
