Gwen Stefanicould have been Mrs. Smith!
“What movie role have you auditioned for that people would be surprised to know?” DeGeneres asked.
After Stefani, 52, said that she went in for the 2005 film, she added, “Angelina beat me!”
“Wow, that could have gone a whole different way,” said DeGeneres, to which Stefani joked: “That could’ve been a differentstory!”
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“I went to a bunch [of auditions],” she continued, adding that while she hoped to be an actress, she “wanted to do music more.”
Stefani also spoke about the role in a 2008 interview withVogue. “It was between me andAngelina Jolie, and I’m like, ‘Oh, great. I got a shot here,’ " she said. “The whole acting thing really feels like something I could do. Whenever I’ve done it, whenever I had moments where it works, it’s just like performing. You hit a moment. And that’s what movies are: a series of moments.”
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While onThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowWednesday, Stefani also came clean as to why she didn’t haveDeGeneres as her maid of honorwhen she marriedBlake Sheltonlast year — despite the talk show host’s previous request.
“COVID… It got really small,” Stefani explained. “I had this fantasy of building bleachers… But it just was like, it got smaller and smaller, and you know, the Lord works in mysterious ways. It was the perfect amount of people.”
“It was so intimate,” continued Stefani. “It was so exactly what it needed to be, and not just the wedding, but the marriage is so fun, and I’m so into it, so I feel very blessed.”
source: people.com
