For the first time in her 30-year career, Jennifer Lopez is finally starring in a musical — but it’s not for lack of trying. On Sept. 11, the actor attended a screening and Q&A in Los Angeles for her upcoming movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman , and revealed that she lost an iconic ’90s musical role to none other than the queen of pop herself, Madonna .

As seen in a video clip posted by Variety , J.Lo told the story of how she tried out for the titular role of Evita , the 1996 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famed Broadway musical.

“I went to audition for Evita for [director] Alan Parker,” she said. “I had been practicing for weeks, and I sang my heart out and did my thing. And he goes, ‘You’re amazing. You know Madonna has the part, right?’”

After the audi

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