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...process. And, yes, she can sing--and so can her unlikely co-stars. Catherine Zeta-Jones' sultry Welsh purr masks a singing voice that is pure Broadway belt, and the moment she opens her mouth with the familiar first song, All That Jazz, the movie takes flight. Richard Gere seems more awake than he has in years as Billy Flynn, the slick lawyer who in one number plays puppet master to a chorus line of reporters. Gere not only sings but tap-dances...
...fact, Zeta-Jones got her start in the musical theater, appearing in London's West End in both Annie and 42nd Street. "She's a gypsy," says director Rob Marshall. "Those are her roots." Same with Gere, who appeared in rock musicals early in his career and was an understudy in the original Broadway production of Grease. Still, Gere had to gear up for Chicago. "I was a rock musician and a blues guy," he says, "so for this film, I had to find another place in my voice. It was work." Zellweger endured the most intense vocal training...
...Aside from the low contestant turnout, there was also the small problem of funding. There was none. Even the winner's gold and turquoise crown was bought on credit. "There are people with money in the community," notes Wangyal, "but they are not coming forward." He asked actor Richard Gere, who visited the Dalai Lama two weeks ago, for support. "He thought it was a joke, and when he stopped laughing, he wished me the best of luck...
...sits quietly on her, displaying her quicksilver emotions: a pang of guilt, a flicker of pleasure, finally tears and hysterical laughter. Lane downplays this acting feat. "I was tired, and that's how I freak out," she says. "Now I know what I look like when I do it." Gere, however, is impressed. "I've never seen an actress pull off something like that," he says. "It's one of the great scenes ever filmed." We'll let the hyperbole stand...
...roles. Back in 1984 she tripped up her transition to better parts by turning down the comedy Splash, which became a hit. ("I was insecure about the nudity involved in playing a mermaid," she says.) Another big break, Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 epic The Cotton Club, also starring Gere, bombed. "Becoming a movie star is a question of the right part at the right time," says Coppola, who also cast Lane in his 1983 films Rumble Fish and The Outsiders. "At any time that could have happened to her, and it could yet happen...