![]() S: If you want to see some early Shangela work with the great Miss. LW: C’mon tell them! They could still find it on YouTube – our very early work. LW: Whey! Well we’ve already worked together before – even before it was all Hollywood. So the answer is yeah! There’s some great people out there I really want to work with… Lena Waithe is one! #The devil wears prada full movie vex movies tvI’ve done some small stuff here and there, but I really would like to be an entertainer on the screen, not just in reality TV but also in scripted. Hopefully for 2019 I want to put a stronger focus on working in television and film. Here’s another question because you’ve had a taste of this kind of Hollywood, which is very big and very loud: is this where you want to keep going? I know you want to do more acting, and I know you want to start doing a bit of it that isn’t always in drag, but I’m curious to know if you want to continue doing movies like this? That means a lot to me and I hope I make him proud. Even if we don’t get to talk one-on-one a lot, I always do want to make Ru proud because he did take a chance on me way back on season two, and then brought me back for season three. I know he was at the LA premiere, and I’m excited to hopefully hear what his thoughts are. I haven’t had the chance to connect with Ru since the film came out. So some people knew you from that before, but I’m curious to know what RuPaul made of your role in the film? He must have been really excited and proud that someone that he saw and knew was a star back in the day, has gone on to be in one of the biggest movies of the year? Obviously a lot of people know you, because if you’re going to see A Star Is Born on a Tuesday night then chances are you watch RuPaul’s Drag Race. Well we grateful to Lady Gaga for thinking of you. Shangela wears coat and belt by Christian Siriano and necklace by Swarovski However, they liked my personality so much they offered me a larger role with more dialogue as Gaga’s drag mother and the bar owner. Actually when I left I got a call from my agent and he said, ‘You didn’t get the drag queen role,’ that actually ended up being an Etta James. Are you not planning to come in?’ I was like,’Oh honey, if LG is asking…’ I found the nearest blonde wig and white dress, and put me on a little beauty mole, got in there and sang I Wanna Be Loved by You by Marilyn, but didn’t get the role. The next thing I know I’ve got an email from Gaga’s manager and he said: ‘LG has heard that you are not going to the audition, she really wants to see you in this role and think you’d be a good fit. I felt like no matter how much time I spent out of the sun, I ain’t gonna look like Marilyn Monroe. S: Well originally I didn’t go in for the audition because they were casting for a drag queen Marilyn Monroe impersonator. But how did it come about that you actually got a role in A Star Is Born? LW: So here’s the deal: I may know the answer to this, but I think it would be good for the readers to know what the story is. So, here we go: be you, be honest when you answer my questions. I basically interview you every time I sit in front of you. ![]() I was like, ‘Oh I will come up with the questions!’ You know me, I could be asking you questions all day long. LW: Yo Shangela, I can’t believe they actually gave me questions to ask you. It’s a little inside joke ladies and gentlemen. LW: Miss Brooks is still funny – I’m never going to forget that. She’s worked her way, and she’s paid her dues, but most importantly she has the whole world screaming halleloo…īuy Shangela’s January 2019 cover issue of Gay Times here Here, in conversation with her good friend and actress Lena Waithe, Shangela recalls the audition process for her major movie debut, explains why she keeps going back to Drag Race (and will continue to do so), and her hopes for some proper queer representation in Hollywood blockbusters in the near future. Starring opposite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, Shangela proved that her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent was always destined for the Hollywood big time – and long may that continue. But it was her standout role in Golden Globe-nominated blockbuster A Star Is Born that took this Texas queen to the next level. ![]() When we say that 2018 was a great year for one of Drag Race’s most infamous queens, Miss Shangela Laquifa Wadley, we are serving enough T for a lavish garden party at Buckingham Palace hunty.įollowing a memorable return to RuPaul’s workroom for All Stars 3, and then again more recently for the Holi-Slay Spectacular, Shangela spent most of the year touring the world. She started as a baby, now she’s all grown up. ![]()
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