Imagine if instead of Madonna it had been Jennifer Lopez starring as Eva Perón in the 1996 movie Evita . According to JLo, it could have happened.

Variety reports that during a post-screening Q&A for her new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman , Jennifer recalled her previously failed attempts to land roles in movie musicals. One of those was Evita , which was directed by Alan Parker .

Jennifer recalled, “I went to audition for Evita for Alan Parker. I had been practicing for weeks and I sing my heart out and he goes, ‘You’re amazing. You know Madonna has the part, right?’”

She added, “I said, ‘OK, bye-bye. Nice to meet you.’”

Madonna went on to win a Golden Globe for best actress in a film, musical or comedy for her role as the former first lady of Arge

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