Anika Noni Rose Enjoyed Making ‘The Princess and the Frog’
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ANIKA Noni Rose had great fun making her new movie!
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency star — who lends her voice to the character Tiana in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog — says making the flick was a “challenge” that she enjoyed.
“It was pretty amazing,” Rose told the Los Angeles Times newspaper. “When you’re doing animation, you have to really access your inner 3-year-old. Every emotion or action, you have to bring up organically from within yourself — there’s nothing around you.
“If you’re running through a swamp, they’ll put the footsteps in later, but your voice has to sound as if you’re running through a swamp, even though you’re just standing in front of a mike. It was a challenge.”
The actress, 37, then talked about her life living in L.A.
“I’m an avid reader, and I love to find little bookstores around the city,” she said.
“I was going to Urth Caffe on Melrose once and I kind of stumbled upon Bodhi Tree Bookstore and said, ‘Oh look! Let’s go in here!’ It’s kind of a mystical-looking place from the outside, very New Age-y. It was fun.
“I also love Amoeba Records. It’s so hard now to go out and buy a CD, let alone an album. It’s great to go to Amoeba and just dig through everything — you can really find some classic works. I have been buying CDs lately, but I always look through the vinyl to see if something catches my eye.
“I’ve been on a Chet Baker kick, and I bought about four of his CDs there, one of which had been discontinued. It came to 12 bucks.”
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